Veronica Chambers

Finish the Fight! (eBook, ePUB)

The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

ANew York Timesbestseller! Who was at the forefront of womens right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgroundsblack, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and morewho helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for womens rights, its time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose stories have yet to be told. Gorgeous portraits accompany biographies of such fierce but forgotten women as Yankton Dakota Sioux writer and advocate Zitkla-, Mary Eliza Church Terrell, who cofounded the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), and Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, who, at just sixteen years old, helped lead the biggest parade in history to promote the cause of suffrage. FINISH THE FIGHT will fit alongside important collections that tell the full story of Americas fiercest women. Perfect for fans of GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS and BAD GIRLS THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780358407829
• Artikelnr.: 60883123

Autorenporträt

Veronica Chambers is the editor for Narrative Projects at The New York Times. She is a prolific author, best known for the New York Times bestseller Finish the Fight!, which was named a best book of the year by The Washington Post, the New York Public Library, and others. Her other works include the critically acclaimed memoir Mama's Girl, Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb, and the anthologies The Meaning of Michelle?a collection by writers celebrating former first lady Michelle Obama?and Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn, she writes often about her Afro-Latina heritage. She speaks, reads, and writes Spanish, but she is truly fluent in Spanglish.