Lynne Olson

Freedom's Daughters

The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970

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Produktbeschreibung

The first and only comprehensive history of the enormous contributions of women--black and white, famous and unknown--to the fight for civil rights in this country. "Freedom's Daughters" spans four generations and introduces more than 60 women, some well-known, others never written about before.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atria Books
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780684850139
• ISBN-10: 0684850133
• Artikelnr.: 22138196

Autorenporträt

Lynne Olson has been a reporter and writer since 1970. After working for the AP and the Baltimore Sun for a decade, Olson became a freelance writer in 1981, writing for American Heritage, Smithsonian, Working Woman, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Ms., Elle, Glamour, and Baltimore Magazine. She is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestseller Madame Fourcade’s Secret War, as well as Last Hope Island and Citizens of London. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband, with whom she has co-authored two books.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
1. "Far More Terrible for Women"
2. "She Has Shaken This Country"
3. "Getting Them Comfortable with Rebellion"
4. Lighting the Fuse
5. "There Had to Be a Stopping Place"
6. "Our Leaders Is Just We Ourself"
7. "She Kept Daring Us to Go Further"
8. "The Most Daring of Our Leaders"
9. "Being White Does Not Answer Your Problems"
10. "She Never Listened to a Word"
11. "We Are Not Going to Take This Anymore"
12. "The Cobwebs Are Moving from My Brain"
13. "I Had Never Heard That Voice Before"
14. "Black and White Together"
15. "A Woman's War"
16. "We Assumed We Were Equal"
17. "We Can't Deal with Her"
18. Standing in the Minefield
19. "We Didn't Come All This Way for No Two Seats"
20. "This Inevitable, Horrible Greek Tragedy"
21. The "Woman Question"
22. "We Were Asked to Deny a Part of Ourselves"
23. "We Got to Keep Moving"
Epilogue
Abbreviations for Sources
Endnotes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index