Nicole M. Brown examines Black women's leadership within the Chicago Welfare Rights Movement, calling for understanding them as sophisticated strategists who engaged the tensions among capitalism, consumerism, and economic liberation.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Harvest
2. Business
3. Magnitude
4. Bond
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
References
Index

Nicole M. Brown is an associate professor of sociology at Saint Mary's College of California.