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Why They Marched - Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote (Hardcover)
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Why They Marched - Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote (Hardcover)
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Looking beyond the national leadership of the suffrage movement, an
acclaimed historian gives voice to the thousands of women from
different backgrounds, races, and religions whose local passion and
protest resounded throughout the land. For far too long, the
history of how American women won the right to vote has been told
as the tale of a few iconic leaders, all white and native-born. But
Susan Ware uncovered a much broader and more diverse story waiting
to be told. Why They Marched is a tribute to the many women who
worked tirelessly in communities across the nation, out of the
spotlight, protesting, petitioning, and insisting on their right to
full citizenship. Ware tells her story through the lives of
nineteen activists, most of whom have long been overlooked. We meet
Mary Church Terrell, a multilingual African American woman; Rose
Schneiderman, a labor activist building coalitions on New York's
Lower East Side; Claiborne Catlin, who toured the Massachusetts
countryside on horseback to drum up support for the cause; Mary
Johnston, an aristocratic novelist bucking the Southern ruling
elite; Emmeline W. Wells, a Mormon woman in a polygamous marriage
determined to make her voice heard; and others who helped harness a
groundswell of popular support. We also see the many places where
the suffrage movement unfolded-in church parlors, meeting rooms,
and the halls of Congress, but also on college campuses and even at
the top of Mount Rainier. Few corners of the United States were
untouched by suffrage activism. Ware's deeply moving stories
provide a fresh account of one of the most significant moments of
political mobilization in American history. The dramatic, often
joyous experiences of these women resonate powerfully today, as a
new generation of young women demands to be heard.
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