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How long does it take to read When and Where I Enter?

Paula Giddings

When and Where I Enter by Paula Giddings takes about 7 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 29 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1984. 408 pages, about 112,200 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 28 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 29 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 41 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

This book is a testimonial to the profound influence of African-American women on race and women's movements throughout American history. Drawing on speeches, diaries, letters, and other original documents, the author portrays how black women have transcended racist and sexist attitudes - often confronting white feminists and black male leaders alike - to initiate social and political reform. From the open disregard for the rights of slave women to examples of today's more covert racism and sexism in civil rights and women'sorganizations, the author illuminates the black woman's crusade for equality. In the process, she paints portraits of black female leaders, such as anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, educator and FDR adviser Mary McLeod Bethune, and the heroic civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, who fought both overt and institutionalized oppression.

Subjects: Race relations, Civil rights, Afro-American women, Afro-Americans, Feminism, African American women

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