Labor of love, labor of sorrow
Subtitle: Black women, work, and the family from slavery to the present
By: Jacqueline Jones.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: African American women -- Employment -- History; African American women -- History; African American families -- History
Description: An historical study of the roles of Black women examines the weight of racial prejudice and sexual discrimination on the dual responsibilities of Black women as bread winners and guardians of family and community stability.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 406-415.
Includes index.