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The women's march a novel of the 1913 woman suffrage procession

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Twenty-five-year-old Alice Paul returns to her native New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain. Weakened from imprisonment and hunger strikes, she is nevertheless determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states h...

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Main Author: Chiaverini, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Paul, Alice, > 1885-1977 > Fiction.
Malone, Maud > Fiction.
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., > 1862-1931 > Fiction.
Women > Suffrage > United States > Fiction.
Suffragists > United States > Fiction.
Demonstrations > Washington (D.C.) > Fiction.
First-wave feminism > United States > Fiction.
Women > Political activity > United States > Fiction.
Women's rights > United States > Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:Twenty-five-year-old Alice Paul returns to her native New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain. Weakened from imprisonment and hunger strikes, she is nevertheless determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states have already granted women voting rights, but only a constitutional amendment will secure the vote for all. To inspire support for the campaign, Alice organizes a magnificent procession down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, the day before the inauguration of President-elect Woodrow Wilson, a firm antisuffragist. Joining the march is thirty-nine-year-old New Yorker Maud Malone, librarian and advocate for women's and workers' rights. The daughter of Irish immigrants, Maud has acquired a reputation-and a criminal record-for interrupting politicians' speeches with pointed questions they'd rather ignore. Civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett resolves that women of color must also be included in the march-and the proposed amendment. Born into slavery in Mississippi, Ida worries that white suffragists may exclude Black women if it serves their own interests. On March 3, 1913, the glorious march commences, but negligent police allow vast crowds of belligerent men to block the parade route-jeering, shouting threats, assaulting the marchers-endangering not only the success of the demonstration but the women's very lives. Inspired by actual events, The Women's March offers a fascinating account of a crucial but little-remembered moment in American history, a turning point in the struggle for women's rights.
Physical Description:343 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780062976000
0062976001
Author Notes:Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She used to be a writing instructor at Penn State University and Edgewood College. She is the author of the Elm Creek Quilts series and four volumes of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. She is also the designer of the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. Among her most recent works, is the New York Times bestselling novel, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker.

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