La Francis Rodgers-Rose is an American sociologist and Founder/CEO of the International Black Women’s Congress.

[1][2] She graduated from Morgan State University with honours in sociology and anthropology in 1958, where her commencement speaker was the Rev.

She also attended the University of Iowa for her PhD, studying social psychology.

[1] In this book, she highlights that although Black women participate in the labour market at higher rates, the jobs they occupy are more likely to be less secure, have fewer benefits, and pay less than those held by white women.

[5] It aims to surface social, political and economic empowerment in a global community of Black women.