Elaine F Weiss
Author
Language
English
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Defiance in Action: Protests that Shaped America
MPL-Women Who Made History
Nonfiction at Night
OBD Women's History Month - ADULT
MPL-Women Who Made History
Nonfiction at Night
OBD Women's History Month - ADULT
Formats
Description
An account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.
"The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history. Nashville, August 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, granting all women the vote, is on the verge of ratification--or...