{"product_id":"alice-paul-equality-for-women-paperback","title":"Alice Paul: Equality for Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Lunardini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlice Paul: Equality for Women\u003c\/em\u003e shows the dominant and unwavering role Paul played in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting the vote to American women. The dramatic details of Paul's imprisonment and solitary confinement, hunger strike, and force-feeding at the hands of the U.S. government illustrate her fierce devotion to the cause she spent her life promoting. Placed in the context of the first half of the twentieth century, Paul's story also touches on issues of progressivism and labor reform, race and class, World War I patriotism and America's emerging role as a global power, women's activism in the political sphere, and the global struggle for women's rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Lives of American Women series: Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a \"good read,\" featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Lunardini\u003c\/b\u003e received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught at Princeton University, Barnard College, and Pace University. She is the author of several books on women's history as well as many articles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeries editor \u003cb\u003eCarol Berkin\u003c\/b\u003e is a well-known women's historian and the author of many popular and scholarly books, including \u003ci\u003eCivil War Wives\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Professor of History Emerita at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and she is a member of the Society of American Historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757765722400,"sku":"9780813347615","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/86ac63a459c38864506c7f58c00801f0.webp?v=1780111286","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alice-paul-equality-for-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}