The women's rights movement
Book - 2019
Beginning in the nineteenth century, women in the United States and some other Western countries began to demand equal rights with men. Through public demonstrations, complaints to newspapers and congressmen, and other means, women eventually gained the right to vote and hold public office. This book examines how and why social change occurs and the lasting influence of the womens movement.
Saved in:
- Series
- Push for social change.
- Subjects
- Published
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San Diego, CA :
ReferencePoint Press
[2019]
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781682824252
- Main Author
- Important events in the women's rights movement
- American suffragists and the night of terror
- Centuries of second-class citizenship
- Women learn to fight for their rights
- Battles for recognition and jobs
- Striving for true equality
- The struggle for equality goes on.