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Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyonc
0674258487 pdf A gripping panoramic history that pairs ingenious excavation with enlightening explanation to relight the fire of feminist political identity at the very moment when we need it most.Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried This passionate and inspiring book by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hello Girls shows us that the quest for womens rights is deeply entwined with the founding story of the United States. When America became a nation, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her, she couldnt leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this, reminding her husband John to remember the ladies when he wrote the Constitution. He simply laughedand women have been fighting for their rights ever since. Read more