

And Yet They Persisted
How American Women Won the Right to Vote
Author: Johanna Neuman
Narrator: Tanya Eby
Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 01/26/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Women, Political Science, Women In Politics
Synopsis
● Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for women
● How victories in state suffrage campaigns pressured Congress to act
● Why African American women had to fight again for their rights in 1965
● How the struggle by eight generations of female activists finally succeeded
And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote is the ideal text for college courses in women's studies and history covering the women's suffrage movement, as well as courses on American History, Political History, Progressive Era reforms, or reform movements in general.