Selma James Quotes

born 1930 United States

Selma James (born Selma Deitch; formerly Weinstein; August 15, 1930) is a writer, feminist, and social activist who co-founded the International Wages for Housework Campaign and was a coordinator of the Global Women's Strike. She is Jewish, and the historian and writer C.

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It is quite important that we look at our habits and see that they conform to our principles, not the other way around.

Sex Race and Class; The Perspective of Winning: A Selection of Writings 1952-2011 (2012)

The claim that women are liberated if some women take jobs at the top is a capitalist fantasy. The same is true for people of color, and sexuality, and every sector.

with Verso (2021)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Selma James (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.