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Data Feminism is an approach to data science informed by intersectional feminism. It is a methodological tool of analysis for understanding how power is wielded through the use of data science, such as statistics and algorithms. Data feminism examines the ways that data science and services can contribute to oppression by "race, class, sexuality, ability, age, religion, geography, and more."

Origins
After the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Brown v. Board of Education on May 17, 1954, segregated schools were ruled to be unconstitutional. The NAACP soon signed up nine high-achieving black students, the Little Rock Nine, for attendance at Little Rock Central High School, a previously all-white school. After the school became the site of demonstrations and protests on September 4, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to the school to prevent the students from entering, contradicting the Supreme Court and the wishes of the school district.

The WEC was formed in response.

The organization was co-founded by Adolphine Fletcher Terry, Vivion Brewer, and Velma Powell.

In 2015, the organization was honored in the inaugural group of women and organizations inducted into the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.

Books

 * Breaking the Silence: The Little Rock Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, 1958–1964, by Sara Murphy and Patrick Murphy, Jr. 1997, (ISBN 1-55728-456-3)

Adapted from the article Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Documentary Film: The Giants Wore White Gloves; Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, by Sandra Hubbard, Morning Star Studio 1923 N. Woodland, Fayetteville, Ar 72703 The Giants Wore White Gloves found at www.sandrahubbard.com