A womanist perspective for social work with African American women

Social Thought

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 3-17

  Littlefield, Melissa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Diversity; Feminism; Gender; Womanist; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248609630     PISSN: 0099183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960354     Document Type: Article

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