Suchergebnisse

The Right to Learn: 1776 to 1800 : Abigail Adams and Abigail Bailey -- The Right to Speak: 1800 to 1865 : Angelina Grimké and Harriet Jacobs -- The Right to Lobby: 1865-1900 : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Packard -- The Right to Vote: 1900-1920 : Mary Church Terrell and Rosa Cavalleri -- The Right to Earn: 1920-1960 : Frances Perkins and Ann Marie Riebe -- The Right to Equal Treatment: 1960-1975 : Martha Cotera and Yvonne Swan -- The Right to Compete: 1975-2000 : Phyllis Schlafly and Muriel Siebert -- The Right to Physical Safety: 2000 to the Present : Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and the Women of #MeToo.

Elizabeth Cobbs traces the American quest for gender equality back to the Revolution, when the founding principle of equality became a battering ram against hierarchy. These are stories of American women, famous and obscure, who struggled in public and private to secure new rights, defend their freedom, and gain control over their own lives.