Paula Giddings

Paula Giddings (1947 in Yonkers, New York –) is a writer and an African-American historian. She is the author of "When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America" and "In Search of Sisterhood". She is a professor of African-American Studies at Smith College and has previously taught at Spelman College, where she was a United Negro Fund Distinguished Scholar and Douglass College at Rutgers University where she held the Laurie Chair in Women's Studies. Giddings has also taught at Princeton University and Duke University. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

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* [http://media.www.smithsophian.com/media/storage/paper587/news/2004/09/30/Features/Paula.Giddings.AfroAmerican.Studies-735168.shtml Paula Giddings makes career of fighting for equality]
* [http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1173 PEN America Center]