Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists : A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights
by Mikki Kendall
Ten Speed Press, 2019. 208 pages. Nonfiction

August 26, 2020, marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted some American women the right to vote. And while suffrage has been a critical win for women's liberation around the world, the struggle for women's rights has been ongoing for thousands of years, across many cultures, and encompassing an enormous variety of issues. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun, fascinating, full-color graphic novel-style primer of that important history, tracing its roots from antiquity to show how 21st-century feminism developed. Along the way, you'll meet a wide range of important historical figures and learn about many political movements, including suffrage, abolition, labor, LGBT liberation, the waves of feminism, and more.

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