How long does it take to read Black Women in White America?
A Documentary History
Black Women in White America by Gerda Lerner takes about 11 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 33 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1972. 630 pages, about 173,250 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Recipient of the 2002 Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Historical Writing. In this “stunning collection of documents” (Washington Post Book World), African-American women speak of themselves, their lives, ambitions, and struggles from the colonial period to the present day. Theirs are stories of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence. Their vivid accounts, their strong and insistent voices, make for inspiring reading, enriching our understanding of the American past.
Subjects: African American women, Sources, History, Afro-American women, Addresses, essays, lectures, Women, Afro-American
