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Formidable : American women and the fight for equality, 1920-2020 / Elisabeth Griffith.

Summary:
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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781639361892 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1639361898 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xx, 507 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegasus books cloth edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-484) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Author's note: Story lines -- "Now we can begin" -- Flappers & feminists, 1920-1928 -- The Eleanor effect, 1928-1945 -- From Rosie to Rosa Parks, 1945-1959 -- Pillboxes & protests, 1960-1972 -- Battle lines, 1972-1980 -- Factions & firsts, 1980-1992 -- Isolation & intersectionality, 1993-2008 -- Leaning in & losing, 2009-2016 -- Enraged & empowered, 2017-2020 -- Epilogue: Not enough -- Endnotes.
Subject: Women's rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Women's rights > United States > History > 21st century.
African American women > History > 20th century.
African American women > History > 21st century.
Equality > United States > History > 20th century.
Equality > United States > History > 21st century.

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