In her pamphlet 'Poor Black Woman', Patricia Robinson connected male supremacy with what larger economic system?

Correct answer: Capitalism

Explanation

This question probes the reader's understanding of the intersectional analysis of race, gender, and class presented by some activists in the 1970s.

Other questions

Question 1

In the late 1920s, what did Robert and Helen Lynd's study 'Middletown' find to be a common perception of women among men?

Question 2

According to a writer in early 1930 cited in Chapter 19, how much money was spent annually on cosmetics for women in the United States?

Question 3

Who was the author of the influential 1963 book 'The Feminine Mystique,' which described the 'problem that has no name'?

Question 4

What event in September 1971 is described in Chapter 19 as a climactic prison rebellion that came from long, deep grievances?

Question 5

The occupation of which abandoned federal prison in November 1969 became a major symbolic event for the Native American movement?

Question 6

In the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, what right was established for women?

Question 7

What was the core idea of Margaret Benston's essay, 'The Political Economy of Women's Liberation'?

Question 8

The 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was a symbolic protest on the site of what historical event?

Question 9

What was the title of Adrienne Rich's book that explored the exploitation of women through their bodies and the experience of childbirth?

Question 10

Willard Gaylin's study, 'Partial Justice,' highlighted what issue within the American legal system?

Question 11

What was the name of the revolutionary prisoner whose book 'Soledad Brother' was widely read and who was killed in San Quentin prison in 1971?

Question 12

The group 'Indians of All Tribes' offered to buy Alcatraz Island from the government for what symbolic price?

Question 13

What was the central argument of Shirley Chisholm, as quoted in Chapter 19, regarding women's liberation?

Question 14

By 1960, what percentage of women sixteen and older were working for paid wages?

Question 15

The warden at Ossining penitentiary in the mid-nineteenth century summed up his approach to punishment by stating that to reform a criminal, you must first do what?

Question 16

What was the name of the group formed by young, university-educated Indians in 1961?

Question 17

At the 1968 Miss America protest, the group Radical Women symbolically threw items they called 'women's garbage' into what?

Question 18

What was the name of the influential health book assembled by eleven women in the Boston Women's Health Book Collective?

Question 19

In the Attica prison yard rebellion of 1971, what did columnist Tom Wicker find 'absolutely astonishing'?

Question 20

By 1960, what was the estimated population of Native Americans in the United States?

Question 21

What did the group WITCH, formed by some New York Radical Women, do to protest at the New York Stock Exchange?

Question 22

In her book 'Against Our Will,' Susan Brownmiller provided a history and analysis of what issue?

Question 23

Following the murder of George Jackson, a chain of rebellions occurred in several county jails. Which of the following locations was NOT mentioned as a site of these rebellions?

Question 24

What was the title of the newspaper started by the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, which featured news, poetry, and a spirit of defiance?

Question 25

By 1974, approximately how many courses on women were being offered at American campuses?

Question 26

Who was the black activist and organizer from Ruleville, Mississippi, who became a legendary speaker in the Civil Rights Movement?

Question 27

What was the central theme of the 1887 Allotment Act regarding Native Americans?

Question 28

In the proclamation 'We Hold the Rock,' what was the first reason given for why Alcatraz resembled most Indian reservations?

Question 29

What was the title of Bob Dylan's song that recounted 'the terrible stories of the last decades, of starvation and war, and tears, and dead ponies'?

Question 30

Who was the long-time head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the New Deal who attempted to restore tribal life?

Question 31

What was the median income of a working woman compared to a man's, according to statistics from the 1960s cited in Chapter 19?

Question 32

The Supreme Court case 'Procunier v. Martinez' (1973) declared certain mail censorship regulations in California prisons unconstitutional, but allowed for censorship under what condition?

Question 33

Who was the Wampanoag Indian invited to speak at the 1970 Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth, whose speech was ultimately rejected by the authorities?

Question 34

In 1968, what percentage of the graduating class at Brown University turned their backs when Henry Kissinger stood up to address them?

Question 35

By 1967, women held what percentage of state legislative seats in the United States?

Question 36

What was the final outcome of the five-day rebellion at the Queens House of Detention in 1970?

Question 37

In the 1970s, what percentage of the adult male population on the Pine Ridge reservation was unemployed?

Question 38

What was the name of the book by Jessica Mitford that re-examined the 'death industry' of moneymaking funerals and tombstones?

Question 39

By 1969, one out of how many working women had a husband earning less than 5,000 dollars a year?

Question 40

What did the Supreme Court rule in 1978 regarding news media access to jails and prisons?

Question 41

What was the name of the Hopi Indian who wrote about his experience with 'white man's schools,' stating 'I had also learned that a person thinks with his head instead of his heart'?

Question 42

The phrase 'consciousness raising,' often done in 'women's groups,' is described in Chapter 19 as having what profound effect?

Question 43

Who was the black lawyer for Angelo Herndon, who later, along with Paul Robeson and W.E.B. Du Bois, found admiration in the black community for his fighting spirit despite his political views being maligned?

Question 44

In the book 'Middletown,' how did men generally describe women?

Question 45

What was the primary reason given in Chapter 19 for the start of the Folsom prison strike in November 1970?

Question 46

What did Sid Mills, a Native American Vietnam veteran, do to protest the violation of fishing rights treaties in Washington state?

Question 47

What was a key feature of the 'consciousness raising' groups of the women's movement?

Question 48

How did Governor Nelson Rockefeller respond to the 1971 Attica prison uprising?

Question 50

The title of Malvina Reynolds's song, mentioned in Chapter 19 as a critique of modern commercial culture, stated that people lived in what?