Women for Racial and Economic Equality
Women for Racial and Economic Equality
Location: New York, New York, United States
Duration: 1977 - Unknown, existed in 1990s, may still exist
Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE) was located in New York City and had members in many states and chapters in a number of cities in the United States. WREE viewed itself as representing the interests of working-class women, women of color and their children. WREE held that the struggle for women's rights must be founded on, and continue...
Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE) was located in New York City and had members in many states and chapters in a number of cities in the United States. WREE viewed itself as representing the interests of working-class women, women of color and their children. WREE held that the struggle for women's rights must be founded on, and continue the fight against racism. WREE was a U.S. affiliate of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF). WREE had a Ruth Maputi of the African National Congress (ANC) at its founding conference in Chicago in 1977 and continued anti-apartheid work and support for the ANC in the 1980s. (Source: WREE material on this website; AFRICAN FREEDOM NEWS, San Antonio Committee Against Mercenary Recruitment and U.S , October/November 1977 available on this website; and U.S. Women's Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles by Sarah Slavin, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995)
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