Summary
From equal education to universal suffrage to equal pay for equal work, the worldwide struggle for women's rights is an ongoing process; the victories are often piecemeal, but behind each of them, there have been remarkable women who dared defy convention. Women's Rights Activists presents lively, engrossing biographies of some of these women, including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ana Figueroa, Ding Ling, and Fatima Jinnah. Each entry focuses readers' attention on the women themselves and their accomplishments, linking their formative experiences with their later achievements.
About the Author(s)
Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D., is director of the Women's Studies Program at Idaho State University. She is the author of several books, including Of Little Comfort: War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War; Petticoats and White Feathers: Gender Conformity, Race, and the Progressive Peace Movement, and the Debate Over War, 1895–1919; and Reconstructing Patriarchy After the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation between Nations as well as numerous scholarly articles.