Personal Freedom and Civic Duty: Understanding Women's Rights

Teens today can hardly conceive of a world in which women did not have the right to vote and women's domain truly was the home. Showing the long way that American women have come, this book reviews the major events in the fight for womens rights. The narrative focuses on important leaders and the reforms that they demandedand organized to win. The authors trace a fascinating path from the colonial period, when womens roles were highly circumscribed, to todays era of fifty-percent...
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Teens today can hardly conceive of a world in which women did not have the right to vote and women's domain truly was the home. Showing the long way that American women have come, this book reviews the major events in the fight for womens rights. The narrative focuses on important leaders and the reforms that they demandedand organized to win. The authors trace a fascinating path from the colonial period, when womens roles were highly circumscribed, to todays era of fifty-percent representation in the workplace.