Formidable
- Author Elisabeth Griffith
- Narrator Elisabeth Griffith
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 17 hours and 14 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Gender studies: women and girls, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history.
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What to expect
The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. Black and white women fought hard for voting rights and doubled the number of eligible voters, but the amendment did not enfranchise all women or even protect the rights of those women who could vote.
A century later, women are still grappling with how to use the vote and their political power to expand civil rights, confront racial violence, improve maternal health, advance educational and employment opportunities, and secure reproductive rights.
Formidable chronicles the efforts of white and Black women to advance sometimes competing causes. Black women wanted the rights enjoyed by whites. They wanted to protect their communities from racial violence and discrimination. Theirs was not solely a women’s movement.
White women wanted to be equal to white men. They sought equal legal rights, political power, safeguards for working women and immigrants, and an end to confining social structures. There were also many white women who opposed any advance for any women.In this riveting narrative, Dr. Elisabeth Griffith integrates the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality. Previously their parallel struggles for social justice have been presented separately—as white or Black topics—or covered narrowly, through only certain individuals, decades, or incidents. Formidable provides a sweeping, century-long perspective and an expansive cast of change agents.
From feminists and civil rights activists to politicians and social justice advocates, from working class women to mothers and homemakers, from radicals and conservatives to those who were offended by feminism, threatened by social change, or convinced of white supremacy, the diversity of the women’s movement mirrors America.
After that landmark victory in 1920, suffragists had a sense of optimism, declaring, “Now we can begin!” By 2020, a new generation knew how hard the fight for incremental change was; they would have to begin again.
Both engaging and outraging, Formidable will propel listeners to continue their foremothers’ fights to achieve equality for all.
Critics Review
“A profoundly illuminating tour de force.”
“Griffith’s timely and comprehensive history of American feminism examines not just a host of heroines—some famous, others hidden—but the larger contours of an ongoing struggle.”
“The author presents both the inspiring and ugly sides of the struggle for equality…This is a fantastic and enjoyable book tracing 100 years of work and struggle.”
“Offers an encyclopedic overview of women’s advocacy for issues they believed crucial to their lives.”
“An essential history of the struggle by both Black and white women to achieve their equal rights.”
“Seamlessly weaves together diverse stories of women both familiar and unheralded and takes an unflinching look at the role of race, class, and religion. Formidable tells the vital story of the last century of women’s activism in all its messy, imperfect glory.”
“Finally we have one book that brings together American women in their many dimensions and complexities in one informative and compelling narrative.”
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