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The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights
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Author:
Dorothy Wickenden
Publisher:
Scribner
Date:
March 30, 2021
The executive editor of The New Yorker chronicles the revolutionary activities of Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward and Martha Wrightâfriends and neighbors in Auburn, New Yorkâexploring their vital roles in the Underground Railroad, abolition and the early women's rights movement.
What The Reviewers Say
... epic and intimate.
In telling the stories of Martha Wright and Frances Seward, Ms. Wickenden relies heavily on their letters and diaries and those of close family members. The result is an intimate, detailed portrait of the women, including the effect that their activism had on their families.
Wickenden knows a thing or two about writing with grace and economy, and she seamlessly braids her subjects' stories together into a riveting book.
... an impressive narrative of three women who were at the center of a burgeoning movement. Their trailblazing path is captured and related deftly by the author, their triumphs and tragedies narrated emphatically for a modern audience. All three women lived and breathed for the freedom of all men and women, selflessly giving as much as they were capable. An A+ historical narrative..
