The First Ms Reader Author:Francine Klagsbrun "The future improvement of civilization could not depend on who washes the dishes. Could it? Yes." from "The Housewife's Moment of Truth" by Jane O'Reilly. — "The black woman in her true historical contours must be resurrected. We, the black women of today, must accept the full weight of a legacy wrought in blod by our mothers in chains." from ... more »"The Myth of the Black Matriarch" by Angela Davis.« less