Zachary Michael Jack

Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the Long March for Women's Rights

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Produktbeschreibung

In February 1913, firebrand activist "General" Rosalie Gardiner Jones mustered an army of equal rights activists and women demanding the right to vote and marched 250 miles from Manhattan to Washington, DC. The story of this indomitable woman shows a forgotten piece of the early women's rights movement in the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781476681160
• ISBN-10: 1476681163
• Artikelnr.: 60133222

Autorenporträt

Former newspaper sports editor Zachary Michael Jack teaches courses in literary journalism and creative writing at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. His work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the Des Moines Register, and on Chicago Public Radio and Iowa Public Radio, among many others.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: In the Footsteps of Rosalie Gardiner Jones Introduction: Rosalie's Army Marches Anew
1.
Rosalie's Army
2.
General Jones Prepares for War
3.
Mustering in Manhattan
4.
A Rough Road in New Jersey
5.
Love and War
6.
Cheers and Jeers in the City of Sisterly Love
7.
In the Footsteps of America's General
8.
A Soldier's Rest in Wilmington
9.
Marching on Maryland 10.
Militancy and Mud-slinging 11.
Rebels Reach Baltimore 12.
Marching to Their Own Drummer 13.
General Jones Goes to Washington 14.
Winning the Vote 15.
Life After Generaling Chapter Notes Bibliography Index