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100 1 _aGriffith, Elisabeth,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFormidable :
_bAmerican women and the fight for equality: 1920-2020 /
_cElisabeth Griffith.
246 3 0 _aAmerican women and the fight for equality, 1920-2020
250 _aFirst Pegasus books cloth edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPegasus Books,
_c2022.
264 4 _c©2022
300 _axx, 507 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 475-484) and index.
505 0 _aAuthor's note: Story lines -- "Now we can begin" -- Flapper & feminists, 1920-1928 -- The Eleanor effect, 1928-1945 -- From Rosie to Rosa Parks, 1945-1959 -- Pillboxes & protests, 1960-1972 -- Battle lines, 1972-1980 -- Faction & firsts, 1980-1992 -- Isolation & intersectionality, 1993-2008 -- Leaning in & losing, 2009-2016 -- Enraged & empowered, 2017-2020 -- Epilogue: Not enough.
520 _a"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. White women wanted to be equal to white men. In this riveting narrative, Dr. Elisabeth Griffith integrates the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality"--
_cProvided by publisher
650 0 _aWomen's rights
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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650 0 _aWomen's rights
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aAfrican American women
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_y20th century.
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650 0 _aAfrican American women
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aEquality
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aEquality
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