Voices of vision : African American women on the issues / Julianne Malveaux editor.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• National Council of Negro Women.
• Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African American women.
• African American women--Education--United States.
• African American women in the professions--United States.
• African American businesspeople--United States.
• African Americans--Economic conditions.
• African Americans--Social conditions--1975-.
• African Americans--Social conditions.
• Women's rights--United States.
• Women's rights.
• Women in development.
• African American businesspeople.
• African American women in the professions.
• African American women--Education.
• United States.
• Women in development--United States.

Penn Provenance:

• Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : National Council of Negro Women, [1996]

Contents:

• Section 1: Who we are: a demographic profile
• Section 2: Leadership development: past, present and future
• Section 3: Education, health and family matters
• Section 4: Economic and entrepreneurial development
• Section 5: Black women and international development
• Section 6: Research, public policy and information services.

Notes:

• "Cover illustration by: Erika R. Cosby."
• "'Voices of Vision' is the first published book of the NCNWs newest initiative, the National Centers for African American Women and Dorothy I. Height Leadership Institute. The book provides background on core issues for developing national strategies for grassroots results."
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-305).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

36161712