I think it is important to place the women who fought oppression as Black Panthers within the longer tradition of freedom fighters like Sojourner Tru… - Kathleen Neal Cleaver

The suggestion itself was never viewed objectively. The fact that the suggestion came from a woman gave it some lesser value. p.56

I viewed myself as assisting everything that was done, and you must recognize that this is what's key in the liberation of women. That the form of assistance that women give in political movements to men is just as crucial as the leadership that men give to those movements. And this is something that is never recognized and never dealt with. Because women are always relegated to assistance and this is where I became interested in the liberation of women. p.55

What we see today in the development of the women's liberation movement is the beginning of the entrance of woman into history, the woman beginning to speak for the woman. The woman beginning to understand, analyze the history of woman; the woman seeking the roots of the source of her oppression in order to be able to deal with this. p.58