Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020
by Elisabeth Griffith
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"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. show more In this riveting narrative, Dr. Elisabeth Griffith integrates the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality"-- show lessTags
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