Jane Against the World, Karen Blumenthal
Jane Against the World, Karen Blumenthal
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Jane Against the World
Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights

Author: Karen Blumenthal

Narrator: Maggi-Meg Reed

Unabridged: 8 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2020

Synopsis

From award-winning author Karen Blumenthal, comes a deep and passionate look at the riveting history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States.

Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines, in a straightforward tone, the root causes of the current debate around abortion and repercussions that have affected generations of American women.

This eye-opening book is the perfect tool to facilitate difficult discussions and awareness of a topic that is rarely touched on in school but affects each and every young person. It's also perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman.

This journalistic look at the history of abortion and the landmark case of Roe v. Wade is an important and necessary book.

About The Author

Karen Blumenthal is an award-winning children's nonfiction writer and a long-time journalist. Her book Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition received four starred reviews and was a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award. Later, Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929, was named a Sibert Honor Book, and Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, won a Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Karen's recent book, Tommy: The Gun That Changed America, explores the history and controversy of the famous and deadly Tommy gun. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on June 28, 2021

An educational, factual, but not unbiased look at the history of the fight for reproductive rights for women in the US. Geared toward a young adult audience but appropriate for adult readers as well, this book reads more like a conversation with a well-informed and throughly researched historian tha......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on May 14, 2022

This book is a MUST read. Sadly this wonderful author passed away in 2020. What a loss. I attended a Pro Roe rally today. I am even angrier now than I was when I started this book. WTF has happened to our country?? “The issue is not whether we do or don’t have abortions. The issue is where - in some......more

Goodreads review by Edward on March 14, 2021

An excellent history of the struggle for women's reproductive rights in the United States, including the background leading to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and ongoing attempts by the so-called "pro-life" movement undermine those rights.......more

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