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National Welfare Rights Organization (1966–75)

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1966–75 — The National Welfare Rights Organization, mostly Black mothers on public assistance led by Johnnie Tillmon, demands an adequate guaranteed income. Tillmon writes in 1972 that “welfare is a women’s issue”, a claim much of the mainstream movement ignores.

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Turning point
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Black and Chicana feminism (chapter 4 of Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution)
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Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015
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Map showing National Welfare Rights Organization (1966–75), turning point in Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015
TURNING POINT · PROTEST AND CHANGE: SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND TUNISIA, 1945–2015

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