Beverly Smith

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Beverly Smith is a Black feminist activist, writer, and health advocate best known as a founding member of the Combahee River Collective, a pioneering Black feminist lesbian organization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Black feminist
feminist activist
health advocate
human
lesbian feminist
writer
activismFocus Black women's rights
LGBTQ+ rights
health equity
reproductive justice
associatedWith Boston-based Black feminist organizing
coAuthorOf Combahee River Collective Statement NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
fieldOfWork LGBTQ+ health
anti-racism
public health
reproductive rights
social justice
women's health
focusesOn interlocking oppressions of race, gender, class, and sexuality
hasRole community organizer
essayist
public speaker
ideology anti-capitalism
anti-heterosexism
anti-imperialism
anti-racism
anti-sexism
influencedBy Black Power movement NERFINISHED
civil rights movement NERFINISHED
second-wave feminism
knownFor Black lesbian feminist organizing
co-founding the Combahee River Collective
health advocacy for Black women
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Combahee River Collective NERFINISHED
movement Black feminism NERFINISHED
intersectional feminism
lesbian feminism
notableWork Combahee River Collective Statement NERFINISHED
partOf Black feminist movement in the United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld founding member of the Combahee River Collective
sexOrGender female
sexualOrientation lesbian
sibling Barbara Smith NERFINISHED
Betty Smith NERFINISHED

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Combahee River Collective member Beverly Smith