The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
Elaine Weiss, "The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote"
English | ISBN: 0525429727 | 2018 | 416 pages | AZW3 | 8 MB
English | ISBN: 0525429727 | 2018 | 416 pages | AZW3 | 8 MB
"Both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for every reader"–Hillary Rodham Clinton
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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.
"With a skill reminiscent of Robert Caro, [Weiss] turns the potentially dry stuff of legislative give-and-take into a drama of courage and cowardice."–The Wall Street Journal
"Weiss is a clear and genial guide with an ear for telling language … She also shows a superb sense of detail, and it's the deliciousness of her details that suggests certain individuals warrant entire novels of their own… Weiss's thoroughness is one of the book's great strengths. So vividly had she depicted events that by the climactic vote (spoiler alert: The amendment was ratified!), I got goose bumps."–Curtis Sittenfeld,
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