InVanguard, acclaimed historian Martha S. Jones offers a new history of African American womens political lives in America. She recounts how they defied both racism and sexism to fight for the ballot, and how they wielded political power to secure the equality and dignity of all persons. From the earliest days of the republic to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and beyond, Jones excavates the lives and work ofBlackwomenMaria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer, and morewho were the vanguard of womens rights, calling on America to realize its best ideals. Nowrevised to discuss the election of Vice President Kamala Harris and the vital contributions of Black women in the 2020elections, Vanguard is essential reading for anyone who cares about the past and future of American democracy.
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🗸 Author(s): Martha S. Jones
🗸 Title: Vanguard
🗸 Rating : 4.7 from 5 stars (243 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
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