bell hooks

bell hooks (1952–2021), also known as Gloria Jean Watkins, was an author, activist, feminist, and professor whose work examined the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and class. hooks, who was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, wrote more than 30 books, including Ain’t I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism (1981). In 2014, she founded the bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Kentucky.