This book blew my mind.

It didn't surprise me to read about how exclusionary the early American feminists were when it came to their African-American and immigrant sisters. What did surprise me was the classism that occupied feminism from the beginning. It makes sense - it's just something I'd never considered in-depth.

Angela Davis' book really opened my eyes to how feminism has developed - and how, even today, traditional feminism is often for white middle-class women. I've been considering how to better bring intersectionality into modern feminism, but Davis helped show me just how crucial intersectionality is - and how many feminists have ignored it for far too long.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in gender, race, or class issues. This book also has a lot of information regarding the labor movement and its relationship with the suffrage and abolitionist movements.