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  • Votes for Women!

  • American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
  • By: Winifred Conkling
  • Narrated by: Christina Moore
  • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (36 ratings)

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Votes for Women!

By: Winifred Conkling
Narrated by: Christina Moore
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On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost 80-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights.

In this expansive yet personal volume, author Winifred Conkling covers not only the suffragists' achievements and politics but also the private journeys that fueled their passion and led them to become women's champions.

From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who founded the suffrage movement at the 1848 Seneca Falls convention; to Victoria Woodhull, the first female candidate for president; to Sojourner Truth and her famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman?"; to Alice Paul, who was arrested and force-fed in prison, Conkling combines thorough research with gripping storytelling to bring the battle for the right to vote to vivid life.

Votes for Women! also explores the movement's often powerful, sometimes difficult relationship with the temperance and abolition movements, and takes unflinching look at some of the uglier moments in the fight for the women's vote. Votes for Women! is a mesmerizing listen, perfect for fans of propulsive narrative nonfiction stories like Most Dangerous and The Family Romanov.

©2018 Winifred Conkling (P)2018 Recorded Books
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Thank you, ladies!

I cried many times as I read everything that was endured that I may vote. I am honored to hear the stories of our suffrage heroes.

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