Joan Elise Robinson Acker[1] (March 18, 1924 – June 22, 2016) was an American sociologist, researcher, writer and educator.
[2] Acker is considered one of the leading analysts regarding gender and class within the second wave of feminism.
She discusses this relationship in several of her publications, including her 2006 book Class Questions: Feminist Answers.
[6] Acker describes the need to think about race, class, and gender not as separate entities but as "intersecting systems of oppression".
[9][8] She successfully helped to raise pay wages for low-wage jobs in Oregon while serving on a state task force from 1981 to 1983.