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Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970
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Lynne Olson (Goodreads Author)
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 Ol...more
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 Ol...more
Paperback, 464 pages
Published
January 1st 2002
by Scribner
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What amazing women!! It's a shame MLK gets disproportionate credit for the actual organizing and dirty work during the Civil Rights Movement that was greatly done by women. In my 1960s history class in college I learned a lot about the sexism in both the anti-war and Civil Rights movements of the 1960s (ie men not listening to women in the first place but when women had good ideas or led important grassroots efforts, then the men taking credit) and this book made that real.
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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...more
Freedom's Daughters includes portraits of more than sixty women -- many...more
amanda sent this book my way for my bday (i think) because I was venting to her about how minimized the african american women were by black leaders during the civil rights movement. i kept reading stories about MLK JR where it felt like he either just recruited really strong women or built on their success since the country was not ready for black women to be heroes yet.
very inspiring stories in this book of several different women. a great read.
very inspiring stories in this book of several different women. a great read.
Wonderfuly researched and skillfully written, the stories of the women, white and black, of the civil rights movement, who were often there long before the nationally known "leaders" showed up. Fascinating.
Book focuses more on the contributions of white women to the civil rights movement, than I expected, but still a pretty solid work.
Great book-amazing journalistic style.
Something I'd like to see all of my daughters (step, -in-law, grand, and ...) read. Particularly if you'd like to know about the early civil rights and feminist movements.
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Before I began writing books full time, I worked for more than ten years as a journalist, including stints as Moscow correspondent for the Associated Press and White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. I've written six books of history, including the national bestseller "Citizens of London." My latest book, "Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight for World War II" (Mar...more
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