1977 · Hayward, California
by Greene, Carolyn Jetter. Eaton, Don C. (illustrator)
Hayward, California: Stone Fox Publications, Inc, 1977. Good +. 8½” x 5½”. Wrappers. pp. [154]. Good plus: moderate wear and dampstaining to wrappers and first and last few leaves; several letters in ballpoint on the bottom edge of textblock. Inscribed by author and illustrator on the first page.
This is a sequel to 70 Soul Secrets of Sapphire, a book written by Carolyn Jetter Greene, a Bay Area psychologist and first published in 1973. From Greene's introduction:
“Who is Sapphire? The name 'Sapphire' was used in the past to refer to a black woman in a negative way. Herein, Sapphire personifies a collection of thoughts, feelings and behaviors of black women—women who are the unsung heroines of American history . . . Sapphire's biggest battle is the fight against racism for racism is the root cause of the general condition of black people. It plays a key role in much of the disharmony that occurs in black male-female relationships, and is at the core of the economic and social difficulties of the black community.”
Like the first book, following the introduction are 70 short statements on Black womanhood. These include “Sapphire has a strange feeling that a perfume entitle 'White Shoulders' was not created with her in mind,” “Sapphire usually pays some heavy dues when she is black, female, and professional—the triple whammy,” and “is still the lowest person on the economic totem pole in spite of the fact that she puts in more serious working hours than most others.”
Other statements include a list of healthy eating habits, comments on the economic hardships of Black women, racism faced by African Americans in the corporate world and several relate to the male-female relationships touched on in her introduction such as “Sapphire must realize that similar values have more to do with the quality and longevity of a relationship than most other factors,” and “Sapphire issues a special award to those supportive black husbands and fathers who have never been given any public recognition for stayin'.”
A fantastic exploration of Black womanhood. OCLC locates 15 copies. (Inventory #: 9024)
This is a sequel to 70 Soul Secrets of Sapphire, a book written by Carolyn Jetter Greene, a Bay Area psychologist and first published in 1973. From Greene's introduction:
“Who is Sapphire? The name 'Sapphire' was used in the past to refer to a black woman in a negative way. Herein, Sapphire personifies a collection of thoughts, feelings and behaviors of black women—women who are the unsung heroines of American history . . . Sapphire's biggest battle is the fight against racism for racism is the root cause of the general condition of black people. It plays a key role in much of the disharmony that occurs in black male-female relationships, and is at the core of the economic and social difficulties of the black community.”
Like the first book, following the introduction are 70 short statements on Black womanhood. These include “Sapphire has a strange feeling that a perfume entitle 'White Shoulders' was not created with her in mind,” “Sapphire usually pays some heavy dues when she is black, female, and professional—the triple whammy,” and “is still the lowest person on the economic totem pole in spite of the fact that she puts in more serious working hours than most others.”
Other statements include a list of healthy eating habits, comments on the economic hardships of Black women, racism faced by African Americans in the corporate world and several relate to the male-female relationships touched on in her introduction such as “Sapphire must realize that similar values have more to do with the quality and longevity of a relationship than most other factors,” and “Sapphire issues a special award to those supportive black husbands and fathers who have never been given any public recognition for stayin'.”
A fantastic exploration of Black womanhood. OCLC locates 15 copies. (Inventory #: 9024)
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