Nannie Helen Burroughs
A Tower of Strength in the Labor World
Danielle Phillips-Cunningham
"Phillips-Cunningham's meticulously researched book on Nannie Burroughs makes a major contribution to labor history, African American and women's history, and Black feminist studies. In this pioneering text, Burroughs emerges as an influential labor philosopher/organizer and one of the most passionate, unrelenting advocates for the economic rights of Black women, especially domestic workers and others victimized by race, gender, and class discrimination in various workplaces. Finally, the book establishes Burroughs as one of the most important figures in the history of women's activism in the US." — Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding Director, Women's Research & Resource Center, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies, Spelman College