Elisabeth Griffith
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xx, 507 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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....