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BLACK FOREMOTHERS (Women's Lives/Women's Work)

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Year 2004 Edition year
Pages 224 Mid-length read
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The stored metadata frames BLACK FOREMOTHERS (Women's Lives/Women's Work) by Dorothy Sterling as a focused backlist selection with a clear entry point for curious readers. On-file edition details point to 2004 • Feminist Pr • 224 pages, a decent clue for how big a commitment this copy is.

Edition on file: 2004 • Feminist Pr • 224 pages • ISBN 9780935312898.

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