ISBN:
9781639361892
,
1639361898
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 507 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
,
illustrations (some color)
,
24 cm
Edition:
First Pegasus books cloth edition
DDC:
305.420973
Keywords:
Women's rights History 20th century
;
Women's rights History 21st century
;
African American women History 20th century
;
African American women History 21st century
;
Equality History 20th century
;
Equality History 21st century
;
Women's rights
;
African American women
;
Equality
;
History
;
History
;
United States
;
USA
;
Schwarze Frau
;
Aktivistin
;
Egalitarismus
;
Gleichheit
Abstract:
Author's note: Story lines -- "Now we can begin" -- Flapper & feminists, 1920-1928 -- The Eleanor effect, 1928-1945 -- From Rosie to Rosa Parks, 1945-1959 -- Pillboxes & protests, 1960-1972 -- Battle lines, 1972-1980 -- Faction & firsts, 1980-1992 -- Isolation & intersectionality, 1993-2008 -- Leaning in & losing, 2009-2016 -- Enraged & empowered, 2017-2020 -- Epilogue: Not enough.
Abstract:
"The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. A century later, women are still grappling with how to use the vote and their political power to expand civil rights, confront racial violence, improve maternal health, advance educational and employment opportunities, and secure reproductive rights. Formidable chronicles the efforts of white and Black women to advance sometimes competing causes. Black women wanted the rights enjoyed by whites. White women wanted to be equal to white men. In this riveting narrative, Dr. Elisabeth Griffith integrates the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-484) and index
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