Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty

by Nancy A. Naples

Book Overview

Who are the grassroots warriors on the front lines of the war on poverty? Through in-depth interviews, Nancy Naples presents the voices of over sixty women--African American, Puerto Rican and white European American--who have fought for social and economic justice in the low-income neighborhoods of New York City and Philadelphia. These women, as community workers and activist mothers, contribute vital and often unpaid services to ther communities,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415910242
• ISBN13: 9780415910248
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"