Work, sister, work

Over the last forty years, black women have come into their own, but they still have far to go. In 1940, most black women who worked outside the home were domestics. Today millions of dedicated black women have joined the work force. Yet fewer than 3 percent have risen into the corporate ranks. Why so few? By the year 2000, 8.5 million black women will be working outside the home. What can they expect? In Work, Sister, Work, Cydney and Leslie Shields go deep into the problems black women confront in the workplace in order to answer these questions. For them there is not just the glass ceiling…