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Pauli Murray - A Personal and Political Life (Hardcover)
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Pauli Murray - A Personal and Political Life (Hardcover)
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The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (1910-1985) was a
trailblazing social activist, writer, lawyer, civil rights
organizer, and campaigner for gender rights. In the 1930s and
1940s, she was active in radical left-wing political groups and
helped innovate nonviolent protest strategies against segregation
that would become iconic in later decades, and in the 1960s, she
cofounded the National Organization for Women (NOW). In addition,
Murray became the first African American to receive a Yale law
doctorate and the first black woman to be ordained an Episcopal
priest. Yet, behind her great public successes, Murray battled many
personal demons, including bouts of poor physical and mental
health, conflicts over her gender and sexual identities, family
traumas, and financial difficulties. In this intimate biography,
Troy Saxby provides the most comprehensive account of Murray's
inner life to date, revealing her struggles in poignant detail and
deepening our understanding and admiration of her numerous
achievements in the face of pronounced racism, homophobia,
transphobia, and political persecution. Saxby interweaves the
personal and the political, showing how the two are always
entwined, to tell the life story of one of twentieth-century
America's most fascinating and inspirational figures.
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