American Women's Suffrage: Voices from the Long Struggle for the Vote
Voices from the Long Struggle for the Vote, 1776-1965 (LOA #332)
$131.78
- Hardcover
761 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2020
Summary
In their own voices, the full story of the women and men who struggled to make American democracy whole.
With a record number of female candidates in the 2020 election and women’s rights an increasingly urgent topic in the news, it’s crucial that we understand the history that got us where we are now. For the first time, here is the full, definitive story of the movement for voting rights for American women, of every race, told through the voices of the women and men who lived it. Her…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598536645 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598536648 |
| Author: | Susan Ware |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 761 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 568g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 207mm |
| Series: | The Library of America |
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Critics Review
“Amid the flood of books marking the centennial of women’s suffrage, this anthology stands out for its scope and authority… . Essential for libraries and a go-to book for anyone seriously interested in women’s suffrage in America.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Susan Ware
Susan Ware is a celebrated feminist historian and biographer. She is the author of Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote, American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction, and Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century, among other books.
Ware is Honorary Women’s Suffrage Centennial Historian at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and General Editor of American National Biography.
She is serving as a historical consultant to the PBS program American Experience for a multipart documentary on suffrage and is advising singer-songwriter Shaina Taub on a musical based on the life of Alice Paul.
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