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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Griffith, Elisabeth.     Subjects     Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Women's rights -- United States -- 21st century.     Women's rights -- United States.     Women, Black -- History -- 20th century.     Women, Black -- History -- 21st century.     Equality -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Equality -- United States -- History -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Griffith, Elisabeth.       by title:      Formidable : America...       by call number:      305.420973 G853f     Search the Web     Griffith, Elisabeth.     Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Women's rights -- United States -- 21st century.     Women's rights -- United States.     Women, Black -- History -- 20th century.     Women, Black -- History -- 21st century.     Equality -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Equality -- United States -- History -- 21st century.       MARC Display

Formidable : American women and the fight for equality, 1920-2020 / Elisabeth Griffith. by Griffith, Elisabeth. Pegasus Books, 2023. Call #: 305.420973 G853f Subjects Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Women's rights -- United States -- 21st century.   Women's rights -- United States.   Women, Black -- History -- 20th century.   Women, Black -- History -- 21st century.   Equality -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Equality -- United States -- History -- 21st century. ISBN:  9781639363971 1639363971 Edition:  1st Pegasus books paperback ed. Description:  xx, 507 p., 24 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some color) ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-484) and index. Summary:  "The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. Black and white women fought hard for voting rights and doubled the number of eligible voters, but the amendment did not enfranchise all women, or even protect the rights of those women who could vote. 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. They wanted to protect their communities from racial violence and discrimination. Theirs was not only a women’s movement. White women wanted to be equal to white men. They sought equal legal rights, political power, safeguards for working women and immigrants, and an end to confining social structures. There were also many white women who opposed any advance for any women. In this riveting narrative, Dr. Elisabeth Griffith integrates the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality. Previously their parallel struggles for social justice have been presented separately -- as white or Black topics -- or covered narrowly, through only certain individuals, decades, or incidents. Formidable provides a sweeping, century-long perspective, and an expansive cast of change agents. From feminists and civil rights activists to politicians and social justice advocates, from working class women to mothers and homemakers, from radicals and conservatives to those who were offended by feminism, threatened by social change, or convinced of white supremacy, the diversity of the women’s movement mirrors America. After that landmark victory in 1920, suffragists had a sense of optimism, declaring, “Now we can begin!” By 2020, a new generation knew how hard the fight for incremental change was; they would have to begin again. Both engaging and outraging, Formidable will propel readers to continue their foremothers’ fights to achieve equality for all."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 305.420973 G853f Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 305.420973 G853f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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