Filomina Clarice Steady
Filomena Clarice Steady (previously Filomina Chioma Steady) is a US-based Sierra Leonean author and academic who specializes in the intersectionality of racism and sexism. Early life and education. Steady was born in Sierra Leone, studied in England, and currently lives in the US. She has a bachelor's degree from Smith College, a master's degree from Boston University, and a PhD from Oxford University. Career. Steady worked as a professor and as the director of women's studies at the California State University, Sacramento. In 1992, she took a career break from from the university  to work as a senior advisor on women and gender at the United Nations. She later worked at Wellesley College where she now holds the title of Professor Emerita of Africana Studies. Steady is noted for her work demonstrating the connections between racism and sexism, and for advocating for "humanistic feminism" that includes the rights and needs of children as well as women.