Barbara Smith

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Black feminist Black feminist organization LGBT rights activist activist anthology essay collection feminist collective feminist theorist lesbian feminist person publishing house writer

Barbara Smith is an influential Black feminist scholar, activist, and writer who co-founded the Combahee River Collective and helped shape contemporary intersectional feminist thought.

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Barbara Smith canonical 5

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instanceOf Black feminist ⓘ
Black feminist organization ⓘ
LGBT rights activist ⓘ
activist ⓘ
anthology ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
feminist collective ⓘ
feminist theorist ⓘ
lesbian feminist ⓘ
person ⓘ
publishing house ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocatesFor LGBT rights ⓘ
economic justice ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
author Barbara Smith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
birthDate 1946-12-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
coFounded Combahee River Collective ⓘ
editor Barbara Smith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
education Mount Holyoke College ⓘ
University of Pittsburgh ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
fieldOfWork African American literature ⓘ
Black feminism ⓘ
LGBT studies ⓘ
women's studies ⓘ
focusesOn women of color literature ⓘ
founded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press ⓘ
influenced intersectional feminist theory ⓘ
queer of color critique ⓘ
knownFor articulating intersectional analyses of race, gender, class, and sexuality ⓘ
co-founding the Combahee River Collective ⓘ
developing Black feminist thought ⓘ
editing and publishing Black feminist literature ⓘ
movement Black feminist movement ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement

lesbian feminist movement ⓘ
second-wave feminism ⓘ
name Barbara Smith self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology ⓘ
The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
professor ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Democratic Party ⓘ
politicalOffice member of Albany, New York Common Council ⓘ
residence Albany ⓘ
surface form: Albany, New York, United States
sexualOrientation lesbian ⓘ

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Black feminist movement → keyFigure → Barbara Smith ⓘ
Combahee River Collective → member → Barbara Smith ⓘ
Barbara Smith → name → Barbara Smith self-link ⓘ
Barbara Smith → editor → Barbara Smith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology
Barbara Smith → author → Barbara Smith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom