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"Describes the history of the women's rights movement in the United States, from colonial times to the present day, through the use of primary sources such as letters, diary entries, official government documents, newspaper articles, historical art, and photographs." Provided by publisher.
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"A reappraisal of women who are known by history but whose histories are incomplete, To Believe in Women examines how their lesbianism may in fact have facilitated their accomplishments. Lillian Faderman persuasively argues that even before a "lesbian identity" was defined, many female leaders had what would now be called lesbian relationships, free from the constraints of traditional heterosexual arrangements, which might have impeded their pursuits...
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"It's not fair." Susan B. Anthony was very concerned about fairness and equality for women and girls in America. She knew it wasn't fair to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. She knew it wasn't fair not to allow women to vote in elections. In fact, it was illegal for women to vote. But she felt so strongly, she voted in an election--and was arrested--anyway. Young readers will learn about young Susan B. Anthony and how she grew up to become...
28) Susan B. Anthony
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"Biographical information and photos of Susan B. Anthony for children learning how to read"--
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We Want Equal Rights! Is the story of remarkable women who laid the foundation for the modern women's movement and the American Indian nation that proved equality as possible. In 1850, these brave women challenged a culture that believed they were inferior to men. How did they envision such a world?
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"For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even well into the 20th century, women could not take out their own loans or own bank accounts without their husband's permission. They could be fired for getting married or pregnant, and if they still had a job, they could be kept from certain roles, restricted from working longer...
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"A History of U.S. Feminisms examines the first, second, and third waves of feminism, and includes a review of the major events and figures in the feminist movement from the nineteenth century through today. Starting with the motivations of nineteenth-century activists and ending with the feminist divide that exists today between young feminists and their foremothers, this text will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the history of...
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"The Readers' Companion to U.S. Women's History is a landmark work, the first major volume to cover women's experience in the United States from the earliest times with a truly inclusive consciousness. Its more than 400 articles are interpretive as well as narrative, combining investigation of the past with in-depth descriptions of women's day-to-day lives. Articles consider such questions as: How has child care changed from colonial times to the...
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The women of The Feminist Memoir Project give voice to the spirit, the drive, and the claims of the Women's Liberation Movement they helped shape, beginning in the late 1960s. These 32 writers were among the thousands to jump-start feminism in our time. Here, in pieces that are passionate, personal, critical, and witty, they describe what it felt like to make history, to live through and contribute to the massive social movement that transformed the...
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This book challenges beliefs that have become feminist orthodoxy. As a woman, pundit O'Beirne can say things a male commentator could never get away with. Here, she takes on America's leading feminists--including Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Smeal, Maureen Dowd, Kate Michelman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and even Carrie Bradsha--and confronts them with hard evidence of how women like them have done more harm than good over the last four decades....
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"An important debut work of narrative nonfiction: the timely, never-before-told story of five brilliant, passionate women who, in the early 1960s, converged at the newly founded Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study, stepping outside the domestic sphere and shaping the course of feminism in ways that still resonate today. In 1960, at the height of an era that expected women to focus solely on raising families, Radcliffe College announced the founding...