Synopses & Reviews
andlt;bandgt;THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE VITAL ROLE andlt;BRandgt; WOMEN -- BOTH BLACK AND WHITE -- PLAYEDandlt;BRandgt; IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTandlt;/bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, credit finally goes where credit is due -- to the bold women who were crucial to the success of the civil rights movement. From the Montgomery bus boycott to the lunch counter sit-ins to the Freedom Rides, Lynne Olson skillfully tells the long-overlooked story of the extraordinary women who were among the most fearless, resourceful, and tenacious leaders of the civil rights movement. andlt;BRandgt; andlt;Iandgt;Freedom's Daughtersandlt;/Iandgt; includes portraits of more than sixty women -- many until now forgotten and some never before written about -- from the key figures (Ida B. Wells, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ella Baker, and Septima Clark, among others) to some of the smaller players who represent the hundreds of women who each came forth to do her own small part and who together ultimately formed the mass movements that made the difference. andlt;Iandgt;Freedom's Daughtersandlt;/Iandgt; puts a human face on the civil rights struggle -- and shows that that face was often female.
Review
Ruth Rosen andlt;Iandgt;Los Angeles Times Book Reviewandlt;/Iandgt; The most stunning synthesis of women's role in America's endless and episodic struggle for racial equality to date.
Review
Catherine Clinton andlt;Iandgt;The Washington Post Book Worldandlt;/Iandgt; With rigor and grace, [Olson] brings these female freedom fighters to the forefront of America's most powerful social movement...andlt;Iandgt;Freedom's Daughtersandlt;/Iandgt; is about the struggles of twentieth-century activist women who empowered themselves through campaigns for social justice so that the next generation could inherit, if not a better world, then the strength and example to engage in worthy struggles of its own.
Review
Susan Brownmiller andlt;Iandgt;The New York Times Book Reviewandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;Iandgt;Freedom's Daughtersandlt;/Iandgt; expertly mines oral history collections housed in Southern universities, biographies and testaments published in the last decade by Southern university presses, and more general works by historians. It was a smart and salutary idea to illuminate the role of women in one volume.
Synopsis
The first comprehensive history of the vital role women--both black and white--played in the civil rights movement. In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, credit finally goes where credit is due--to the bold women who were crucial to the success of the civil rights movement. From the Montgomery bus boycott to the lunch counter sit-ins to the Freedom Rides, Lynne Olson skillfully tells the long-overlooked story of the extraordinary women who were among the most fearless, resourceful, and tenacious leaders of the civil rights movement.
Freedom's Daughters includes portraits of more than sixty women--many until now forgotten and some never before written about--from key figures like Ida B. Wells, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ella Baker, and Septima Clark to some of the smaller players who represent the hundreds of women who each came forth to do her own small part and who together ultimately formed the mass movements that made the difference. Freedom's Daughters puts a human face on the civil rights struggle--and shows that that face was often female.
Synopsis
The first comprehensive history of the vital role women--both black and white--played in the civil rights movement.In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, credit finally goes where credit is due--to the bold women who were crucial to the success of the civil rights movement. From the Montgomery bus boycott to the lunch counter sit-ins to the Freedom Rides, Lynne Olson skillfully tells the long-overlooked story of the extraordinary women who were among the most fearless, resourceful, and tenacious leaders of the civil rights movement. Freedom's Daughters includes portraits of more than sixty women--many until now forgotten and some never before written about--from key figures like Ida B. Wells, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ella Baker, and Septima Clark to some of the smaller players who represent the hundreds of women who each came forth to do her own small part and who together ultimately formed the mass movements that made the difference. Freedom's Daughters puts a human face on the civil rights struggle--and shows that that face was often female.
Synopsis
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE VITAL ROLE WOMEN -- BOTH BLACK AND WHITE -- PLAYED
IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, credit finally goes where credit is due -- to the bold women who were crucial to the success of the civil rights movement. From the Montgomery bus boycott to the lunch counter sit-ins to the Freedom Rides, Lynne Olson skillfully tells the long-overlooked story of the extraordinary women who were among the most fearless, resourceful, and tenacious leaders of the civil rights movement.
Freedom's Daughters includes portraits of more than sixty women -- many until now forgotten and some never before written about -- from the key figures (Ida B. Wells, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ella Baker, and Septima Clark, among others) to some of the smaller players who represent the hundreds of women who each came forth to do her own small part and who together ultimately formed the mass movements that made the difference. Freedom's Daughters puts a human face on the civil rights struggle -- and shows that that face was often female.
About the Author
andlt;bandgt;Lynne Olson,andlt;/bandgt; who cowrote andlt;Iandgt;The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism,andlt;/Iandgt; lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and daughter.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Prefaceandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1. "Far More Terrible for Women"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2. "She Has Shaken This Country"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3. "Getting Them Comfortable with Rebellion"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4. Lighting the Fuseandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;5. "There Had to Be a Stopping Place"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;6. "Our Leaders Is Just We Ourself"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;7. "She Kept Daring Us to Go Further"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;8. "The Most Daring of Our Leaders"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;9. "Being White Does Not Answer Your Problems"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;10. "She Never Listened to a Word"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;11. "We Are Not Going to Take This Anymore"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;12. "The Cobwebs Are Moving from My Brain"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;13. "I Had Never Heard That Voice Before"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;14. "Black and White Together"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;15. "A Woman's War"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;16. "We Assumed We Were Equal"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;17. "We Can't Deal with Her"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;18. Standing in the Minefieldandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;19. "We Didn't Come All This Way for No Two Seats"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;20. "This Inevitable, Horrible Greek Tragedy"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;21. The "Woman Question"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;22. "We Were Asked to Deny a Part of Ourselves"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;23. "We Got to Keep Moving"andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Epilogueandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Abbreviations for Sourcesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Endnotesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bibliographyandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Acknowledgmentsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Indexandlt;BRandgt;