Description
Woman in Action the Autobiography of a Global African Feminist
Born into a global family, as she puts it, Filomina Steady, Professor Emerita
of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, has won awards
on both sides of the Atlantic for her work in gender and culture, women’s
rights and the African Diaspora. An Oxford University PhD graduate, she
has taught at several American universities as well as the University of
Sierra Leone. A former Deputy Director of the United Nations Division for
the Advancement of Women in Vienna, Austria, she has served as a Special
Advisor to several agencies of the United Nations including on Women,
Environment and Development to the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. She
has contributed to four international plans of action for gender equality
and the advancement of women, authored several books, monographs
and articles, and given keynote addresses and presented papers at
international conferences. She describes this memoir as her response to
numerous requests from her family, faculty colleagues, alumnae, students
and friends around the world.
Praise for Filomina Steady
“An intellectual pioneer and prolific writer, Steady’s much-awaited
autobiography is a goldmine for knowledge seekers and a boon to
generations of students and scholars she mentored and inspired
across continents.” - Professor Oyeronke Oyewumi, Stony Brook
University, USA.
Details
Publisher - Memoirs Books
Language - English
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Filomina Steady
Published Date - January 27 2023
ISBN - 9781861516527
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 460
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Filomina Steady
Published Date - January 27 2023
ISBN - 9600198000113
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Page Count - 460
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