Frances M. Beal

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Frances M. Beale is a Black feminist and political activist.

Frances M. Beale has spent her life writing and speaking about the issue of rights for Black women and Blacks as a whole. She was the National Secretary of the Black Radical Congress and a political writer for the Bay View Newspaper. She is also a founding member of the Third World Women's Alliance (1968-1980). One of her most famous works was Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female. The article had a major impact on Black feminism and influenced generations of women of color.