Bell hooks
In 1978 she published a collection of poems called And There We Wept: Poems. In 1981 she published her first academic book called Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism. In it, hooks talks about the racism and sexism black women face in the civil rights and feminist movements. hooks started writing Ain't I a Woman? when she was 19, and it took her 6 years to write and 8 years to find a publisher. Afterwards, hooks became popular and many wanted to hear her ideas. She is considered an important leftist (anti-capitalism) and postmodern political thinker.