Bettina Aptheker Quotes

born 1944 United States

Bettina Fay Aptheker (born September 2, 1944) is an American political activist, radical feminist, professor and author. Aptheker was active in civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and has since worked in developing feminist studies.

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The formation of a lesbian (and gay) identity, divested of Freudian origin, is in process. (p 119)

Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience (1989)

It was my experience in the Angela Davis trial that propelled me into a study of Afro-American women's history and, ultimately, into women's studies.

Woman's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex, and Class in American History (1982)

We have to stop thinking in oppositional categories. We have to stop thinking that one line is "correct" and that others must be "won over" to it, while those who disagree are "defeated." (p 252)

Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience (1989)

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