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This collection presents the definitive story of the women's suffrage movement, featuring voices from both renowned figures and lesser-known activists. Legendary suffragists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone are joined by black, Chinese, and American Indian advocates, along with anti-suffragists concerned about the implications of universal suffrage. Curated by scholar Susan Ware, it includes 90 pieces by over 70 writers, chronicling the movement from Abigail Adams’ 1776 appeal for women’s rights to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which addressed the disenfranchisement of black citizens in the South. The collection features influential voices like Maria W. Stewart, Frederick Douglass, and Ida B. Wells, alongside notable anti-suffrage sentiments from presidents Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson. It also highlights Charlotte Perkins Gilman's impactful suffragist play and sharp satire from Marie Jenney Howe and Alice Duer Miller. The writings create a cohesive narrative that captures the tumultuous journey of early feminist activism in America. The collection includes an introduction, headnotes, endnotes, an index, and sixteen pages of full-color illustrations and photographs.

A Times Higher Education Recommended Summer Read “An opportunity to celebrate a truly diverse cohort of first-wave feminist changemakers.” —Ms. “Her cast of characters usefully illustrates the geographic, racial, religious, and socioeconomic range of the suffrage movement.” —New Yorker “Looks at 19 activists from around the country...revealing that the movement was made up of a wider and much more diverse group than is typically noted in the history books.” —Boston Globe For far too long, the story of how American women won the right to vote has been told as the tale of a few iconic leaders, all white and native born. But Susan Ware uncovered a much broader and more diverse story waiting to be told. Why They Marched is a tribute to the women who worked tirelessly across the nation, out of the spotlight, protesting, petitioning, and insisting on their right to full citizenship. Ware shows how race, class and religion divided the movement even as she celebrates unheralded African American, Mormon, and Jewish activists. The dramatic, often joyous experiences of these pioneering feminists resonate powerfully today, as a new generation of women demands to be heard.

What does U.S. history look like with women at the center of the story? From Pocahantas to military women serving in the Iraqi war, this Very Short Introduction chronicles the contributions that women have made to the American experience from a multicultural perspective that emphasizes how gender shapes women's-and men's-lives.