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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
Contributor(s): Weiss, Elaine (Author)
ISBN: 014312899X     ISBN-13: 9780143128991
Publisher: Penguin Books
OUR PRICE:   $18.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Women
- History | United States - 20th Century
- Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections
Dewey: 324.623
Lexile Measure: 1250
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
Both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for every reader -- Hillary Rodham Clinton

Soon to be a major television event, the nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have approved the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote; one last state--Tennessee--is needed for women's voting rights to be the law of the land. The suffragists face vicious opposition from politicians, clergy, corporations, and racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the Antis--women who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the nation's moral collapse. And in one hot summer, they all converge for a confrontation, replete with booze and blackmail, betrayal and courage. Following a handful of remarkable women who led their respective forces into battle, The Woman's Hour is the gripping story of how America's women won their own freedom, and the opening campaign in the great twentieth-century battles for civil rights.