| Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists Contributor(s): Baker, Jean H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809087030 ISBN-13: 9780809087037 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: They forever changed America: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Alice Paul. At their revolution' s start in the 1840s, a woman' s right to speak in public was questioned. By its conclusion in 1920, the victory in woman' s suffrage had also encompassed the most fundamental rights of citizenship: the right to control wages, hold property, to contract, to sue, to testify in court. Their struggle was confrontational (women were the first to picket the White House for a political cause) and violent (women were arrested, jailed, and force-fed in prisons). And like every revolutionary before them, their struggle was personal. For the first time, the eminent historian Jean H. Baker tellingly interweaves these women' s private lives with their public achievements, presenting these revolutionary women in three dimensions, humanized, and marvelously approachable. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
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| Publisher Description: How the Personal Became Political In the Fight to Grant Women Civil Rights They forever changed America: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Alice Paul. At their revolution's start in the 1840s, a woman's right to speak in public was questioned. By its conclusion in 1920, the victory in woman's suffrage had also encompassed the most fundamental rights of citizenship: the right to control wages, hold property, to contract, to sue, to testify in court. Their struggle was confrontational (women were the first to picket the White House for a political cause) and violent (women were arrested, jailed, and force-fed in prisons). And like every revolutionary before them, their struggle was personal. For the first time, the eminent historian Jean H. Baker tellingly interweaves these women's private lives with their public achievements, presenting these revolutionary women in three dimensions, humanized, and marvelously approachable. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, Jean H.: - Jean H. Baker is a professor of history at Goucher College. She is the author of several books, including The Stevensons, Mary Todd Lincoln, Margaret Sanger, and Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. |