New York Timesbestselling author Jennifer Chiaverinireturns with The Womens March, an enthralling historical novel of the womens suffrage movement inspired by three courageous women who bravely riskedtheir lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote.Twentyfiveyearold 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 Presidentelect Woodrow Wilson, a firm antisuffragist.Joining the march is thirtynineyearold New Yorker Maud Malone, librarian and advocate for womens and workers rights. The daughter of Irish immigrants, Maud has acquired a reputationand a criminal recordfor interrupting politicians speeches with pointed questions theyd rather ignore.Civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. WellsBarnett resolves that women of color must also be included in the marchand 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...

Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Classification: FA; Weight: 398 g; Dimensions: 203 x 134 x 28

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