This anthology chronicles the struggle of women for equality, from the days of Susan B. Anthony and early suffrage marches, to the rise of feminism in the 1970s and the reckoning of the #MeToo Movement today. The 12” x 15” hardcover book includes chapters on the remarkable women who dared to stand for equal rights as well as those whose deaths went unremarked by The Times.
This coffee table book, containing 95 reprinted Times pages, begins with 1866’s Equal Rights Convention in Albany and a key 1868 gathering in Boston, where a participant said the “country had no right to take a woman’s money for taxes, unless she had the right to vote.”
As you flip through the historic pages, you’ll find articles and photographs on the suffrage parades of the early 1900s, the birth control battles, the indispensable role women played during World War II, the fight for equal pay, the 1970s feminist movement and the women in politics. More recent pages detail the nationwide march of 2017 (“Defiant Yet Jubilant Voices Flood U.S. Cities”) and the #MeToo Movement about the treatment of women by powerful men (“Outpouring of Sexual Harassment Accounts From Celebrities”).
Tribute is paid to the pioneers who had the courage to stand for equality and left an indelible mark on the world: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Nelly Bly, Margaret Sanger, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Betty Friedan, Sally Ride (“Poised to Lead American Women Into Space”) and the real Rosie the Riveter.
A chapter titled, “The Overlooked,” contains pages on 12 important women whose deaths were ignored in The Times, back when the lives of white men filled the newspaper’s obituary pages. Those women include photographer Diane Arbus, journalist Ida B. Wells and novelist Charlotte Bronte.
The hardcover book features stately leatherette binding and the slate gray cover can be personalized. It contains 19 color pages and comes with a 2.5" x 7.5" magnifier and a certificate of authenticity. Produced in Vermont.
