Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists - Paperback

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Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists - Paperback

Name: Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists - Paperback
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by Jean H. Baker

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Jean H. Baker's Sisters shows 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.

Number of Pages: 304

Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: August 22, 2006

ISBN	9780809087037
Author	Jean H. Baker
Publisher	Hill & Wang
Genre	Biography and Education
Format	Paperback
Published	August 2006
Language	ENG- English
Pages	304
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print