Freedom's Daughters - by Lynne Olson (Paperback)
Similar Products
Products of same category from the store
All
Product info
<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The first and only comprehensive history of the enormous contributions of women--black and white, famous and unknown--to the fight for civil rights in this country. "Freedom's Daughters" spans four generations and introduces more than 60 women, some well-known, others never written about before.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The first comprehensive history of the vital role women</b><b>--</b><b>both black and white</b><b>--</b><b>played in the civil rights movement.</b> <p/>In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, credit finally goes where credit is due<b>--</b>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. <p/><i>Freedom's Daughters</i> includes portraits of more than sixty women<b>--</b>many until now forgotten and some never before written about<b>--</b>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. <i>Freedom's Daughters</i> puts a human face on the civil rights struggle<b>--</b>and shows that that face was often female.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Catherine Clinton <i>The Washington Post Book World</i> With rigor and grace, [Olson] brings these female freedom fighters to the forefront of America's most powerful social movement...<i>Freedom's Daughters</i> 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.<br><br>Ruth Rosen <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> The most stunning synthesis of women's role in America's endless and episodic struggle for racial equality to date.<br><br>Susan Brownmiller <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <i>Freedom's Daughters</i> 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.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Lynne Olson has been a reporter and writer since 1970. After working for the AP and the <i>Baltimore Sun</i> for a decade, Olson became a freelance writer in 1981, writing for <i>American Heritage</i>, <i>Smithsonian</i>, <i>Working Woman</i>, <i>Los Angeles Times Magazine</i>, <i>Ms</i>., <i>Elle</i>, <i>Glamour</i>, and <i>Baltimore Magazine</i>. She is the author of eight books, including the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Madame Fourcade's Secret War</i>, as well as <i>Last Hope Island</i> and <i>Citizens of London</i>. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband, with whom she has co-authored two books.
Price History
Cheapest price in the interval: 16.69 on October 28, 2021
Most expensive price in the interval: 16.69 on February 4, 2022
Price Archive shows prices from various stores, lets you see history and find the cheapest. There is no actual sale on the website. For all support, inquiry and suggestion messagescommunication@pricearchive.us