Paula Giddings

Paula Giddings
Giddings in 2011
Born1947 (age 76–77)
EducationHoward University
Occupation(s)Writer, historian, and civil rights activist
Known for
  • When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America (1984)
  • Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching (2008)

Paula Jane Giddings (born 1947) is an American writer, historian, and civil rights activist. She is the author of When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America (1984), In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement (1988) and Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching (2008).