![]() Kendall’s grandmother wasn’t always in step with mainstream feminist thinking. The key message here is: Too often, feminism is for white women, and not for minorities. Her brand of feminism, which inspired Kendall herself, was centered around the issues that truly mattered to her. ![]() In fact, Kendall’s grandmother was not a fan of a lot of what feminists had to say. But domestic work, which was badly paid and sometimes unsafe, had never been in short supply. When it first emerged, the feminist movement was dependent on people like the author’s grandmother, who covered housekeeping tasks when white women decided to go outside the home to work. Was she a feminist? She wouldn’t have called herself one. Kendall’s grandmother worked hard throughout her life – at first to earn money, and later around the home as she raised her children. Dropping out of school was never an option, and college was encouraged, too. ![]() Author Mikki Kendall’s grandmother was born in 1924, and insisted that her four daughters get a decent education. ![]()
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