Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America, 1848-1869 - Softcover

"This thoughtful and highly readable analysis is a valuable contribution to both the history of feminism and the history of nineteenth-century America."―Kirkus Reviews

"The women's suffrage movement is commonly viewed in one of two ways: as completely synonymous with nineteenth-century feminism, or as a corruption, a dilution of it. DuBois shows that neither analysis is accurate but that both political paths converged into a social movement that affected American history at least as much as the black liberation and labor movements―whose support it failed to win. . . . DuBois has given us a work of scholarly insight written in an animated style; she is generous in her portraits of and quotes from the foremothers. For feminists today, this book is a critical reminder that alliances are best made from a position of independently acquired strength."―Robin Morgan, Ms. Magazine