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Paula Giddings:
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Biographical note:
Paula Giddings, a writer, historian,
and teacher, is best known for her authoritative social and
political history of African-American women, When and Where
I Enter (1985), and her history of the Black sorority
Delta Signa Theta. A former book editor and journalist, Giddings
has written extensively on political issues in both the popular
press and scholarly journals. She was a United Negro Fund
Distinguished Scholar at Spelman College; held the Laurie
Chair in Women's
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Studies at Douglass College/Rutgers University, and taught at
Princeton and Duke Universities before becoming Professor of
Afro-American Studies at Smith College. She has held fellowships
from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center,
and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
at Stanford University, and has won awards from the National
Coalition of 100 Black Women and Sage: A Scholarly Journal
on Black Women. She has recently finished editing an anthology
of articles on race from The Nation between 1867 and
2000, and her long-awaited biography of the anti-lynching activisit
Ida B. Wells will be published in 2002. Giddings is active in
PEN, the Authors Guild, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and the
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Bibliography:
- When & Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on
Race & Sex in America. New York: William Morrow, 1984;
Bantam, 1995.
- In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta & the Challenge
of the Black Sorority Movement. New York: William Morrow,
1988; Quill, 1995.
- The Reunion, reading at Judith Anderson Theater,
New York City, 1991. (drama)
- Giddings, Paula, and Cornel West. Regarding Malcolm
X: A Reader. New York: Amistad, 1998.
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