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The Damnation of Women
Du Bois's feminist essay: slavery's systematic assault on Black motherhood and marriage, the stereotypes it left behind, and an argument that women's full economic and sexual freedom — not just the vote — is inseparable from the fight against race prejudice. Followed by 'Children of the Moon,' a long dream-vision poem of flight, sacrifice, and freedom.
Slavery's assault on Black motherhoodStereotypes of Black womenEconomic and sexual freedom as the real feminist demand'Children of the Moon' (verse)