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Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women's Activism in the Beauty Industry (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History) (1st Edition) by Tiffany M. Gill Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-252-07696-6 / 0252076966 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07696-1 / 9780252076961 Looking through the lens of black business history, Beauty Shop Politics shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. Tiffany M. Gill argues that the beauty industry played a crucial |