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Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020
Maybe someday
40
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
37/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Elisabeth Griffith
Publisher:
Pegasus Books
Date:
August 2, 2022
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. Dr. Elisabeth Griffith integrates the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality.
What The Reviewers Say
... engaging, relevant and sweeping.
The book focuses most on white and Black women, with nods to Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and queer women, too. It spotlights a long list of prominent, groundbreaking, and morally complex women.
... dives into the tangle of personalities, politics, and passions and surfaces with a great narrative. The author presents both the inspiring and ugly sides of the struggle for equality, including suffragettes who used racism to promote their cause, some in-fighting, and many disagreements on strategies.
... engrossing, extremely detailed.
