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Chargement... Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote (original 1920; édition 1995)par Doris Stevens, Carol O'Hare (Directeur de publication)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I appreciate the efforts of all the women who suffered and even died for women to have the right to vote in the United States. I am dismayed that younger women take those hard won rights for granted and seem on the verge of letting some of them slip away. To have the history of the movement and the efforts of all involved chronicled is a necessity. However, Doris Stevens' account of these sometimes dramatic events is DRY as a bone. She goes through every step by step action, banner, march, rally and participant in such minute detail that I just wanted to say enough already. I get the picture. It is interesting to note that the tactics of delay and obfuscation employed by Congress and the President to avoid taking an action or to justify what they have done, no matter how inane, are still exactly the same after a hundred years. ( ) This book is an amazing first-person account of the fight for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. It was so exciting, I felt my heart pounding while I was reading it. Seriously, I had no idea about the hunger strikes, the brutality of the police and the difficulties faced by suffragettes trying to get Woodrow Wilson to support them. While he was championing freedom in Europe during WWI, he was neglecting freedom for women at home. The issue was presented as a "states rights" concern, rather than a national one. Definitely worthwhile! A note to e-book readers: you can find this book for free at many sites, but, as far as I could tell, only GoogleBooks had scanned the entire book and had the original photographs. There are a large number of typos, but it is readable. The version from Amazon (which is not free) has fewer typographical errors, but no photographs. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The 100th-anniversary special edition of Jailed for Freedom, the essential history and first-person account of the courageous and militant suffragists who fought for their right to vote. First published in 1920, Jailed for Freedom is the courageous, true story of the militant suffragists who organized some of the first-ever, large scale demonstrations and protests on Washington. At a time when President Woodrow Wilson's administration refused to acknowledge women's voting rights as a tangible issue, the National Woman's Party coalesced, organized, and fought a fierce battle for the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment with heroism, bravery, and radical vigilance. What makes Jailed for Freedom especially compelling and such an important contribution to women's history is that it is a personal testimony from a suffragist who persevered through it. With depth and clarity, Doris Stevens details the bravery of the women who picketed daily outside the White House, opened themselves up to ridicule and physical violence, were arrested on no viable charges, jailed when they chose not to pay fines, and even beaten and force-fed when they went on hunger strikes. Including a new introduction from suffrage historian Angela P. Dodson, author of Remember the Ladies, and accompanied with poignant, archival illustrations, Jailed for Freedom is a tribute to the women and acts it took the pass the Nineteenth Amendment, apropos of radical activism that is still mobilizing in politics today. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)324.6Social sciences Political Science The political process Suffrage, Voting Rights, Voting and Electoral SystemsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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