Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment

Synopsis

Here is the story of extraordinary leader Alice Paul, from the woman suffrage movement—the long struggle for votes for women—to the “second wave,” when women demanded full equality with men.

Paul made a significant impact on both. She reignited the sleepy suffrage moment with dramatic demonstrations and provocative banners. After women won the vote in 1920, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all the laws that discriminated against women unconstitutional. Passage of the ERA became the rallying cry of a new movement of young women in the 1960s and ’70s. Paul saw another chance to advance women’s rights when the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 began moving through Congress. She set in motion the “sex amendment,” which remains a crucial legal tool for helping women fight discrimination in the workplace.

Includes archival images, author’s note, bibliography, and source notes.

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781629797953

Related ISBNs:

9781629793238

Publisher:

Boyds Mills Press

Date of Addition:

11/08/19

Copyrighted By:

Deborah Kops

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs

Grade Levels:

Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade

Reading Age:

11–18

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.