Ah Les Femmes!: Tribulations, Struggles and Triumphs

A study of gender and race issues, examining the tribulations, struggles and triumphs of women living in America and focusing especially upon the experiences of black women in that country. The author, a psychiatrist, first offers a history of the women's rights movement and then, in a series of transcribed interviews, allows us to read in their own words the accounts of 11 very different women. These women describe in their backgrounds their struggles against poverty, sexism and racism and their thoughts about the future. Whether she is a madam, a welfare mother, a voodoo priestess or an executive, each woman has had to overcome and fight against the prejudices of others, whether those prejudices be against her colour, financial situation or culture. Antoine emphasizes that only when women and men strive actively to create a non-sexist, non-racist world will they be successful.