And Yet They
Persisted
How American Women Won the Right to Vote
And Yet They Persisted is a
comprehensive history of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, from 1776 to 1965
Johanna Neuman
First of all I love the Title. Like Sen. Elizabeth Warren These women Persisted.This book is a shining example of why Protest like the Black Lives Matter protest we have going on now in this Country are needed. When social change is needed you have to be heard. When you have a Man as Ignorant and divisive as Donald Trump in the White House you have to be heard.
Most suffrage histories begin in 1848,
when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first publicly demanded the right to vote at the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And they end in 1920, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, removing sexual barriers to the vote. And Yet They Persisted traces agitation for the vote over two centuries, from the revolutionary era to the civil rights era, excavating one of the greatest struggles for social change in this country and restoring African American women and other women of color to its telling.
In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women’s suffrage into the metanarrative of U.S. history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as:
- Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for women
- How victories in state Womens suffrage campaigns pressured Congress to act
- Why African American women had to fight again for their rights in 1965
- How the struggle by eight generations of female activists finally succeeded
What would this country or even the world be like if the women did not win the right to vote? This is a
history book written by Johanna Neuman that answers this question with historical accuracy. This is a
book that goes way back to the beginnings of women’s suffrage and how they overcame the many
issues dealing with economics and politics and constitutional law to make everyone feel like they have
something to offer. The word that is important to women at all the various generations of women
wanting to vote is ‘ratification’.
Johanna Newman has written a textbook for a Women’s Studies program and even as part of a survey
course in American history of the late 19th and 20th centuries that would provoke many discussions on
this topic of the ‘suffragists’ and ‘suffrage’ and the many issues that they brought forth in and for
society at times and for the future.
My favorite area of the book was all the photographs of the famous women and men who believed that
we all should have the right to vote without the many restrictions that were used as literacy tests, etc.
This book is a living history of these times and we can still learn from them. This text would be a good
supplemental text for even an American government course when studying the US Constitution. This
is and enjoyable read for anyone interested in learning about this era inAmerican history.
2020
ISBN: 978-1-119-53083-1
John Wiley & Sons, Inc./Blackwell
268 pages 
Visits: 196
Jodi Hunter
This sounds like a great read.
Richard Brandt
You go, girls!
L. Emmaline
While this is a great book, it saddens me that a hundred years later, we’re at a point where even if one has the right to vote, we still have to look at the other ways in which voter suppression occurs: whether it means they have to take time off work to wait in lines for hours and not being able to eat for that day, or work an exploitative job, thereby not participating in the electoral process of choosing the people whose future policies could adversely affect their lives.
Dick Leonardo
Agree 100%
KariLorr
I love reading Women’s History. This sounds like a good read.
Tony Platz
A very pivotal event in history.It should be a good read .
Sandy Pincombe
I have read similar books and loved them all. But this still continues with men in politics treating women like 2nd class citizens.
Debbie P
This book sounds like a fantastic read!
Suzanne Greene
This book sounds like a very good read.
Shannon Gilchrist
This sounds like something my kids will eventually have to read in school.
Jon Empire
Time for a woman to fill the gap in world history.
Christina Gould
It’s hard to believe woman have only been voting for about a hundred years. Thanks for posting!
phyllis owens
love the topic thanks
Erika Sirgenson
sounds good
Beyond Comps
Nice to learn about this!
Veronica Lee
Sounds like an interesting read. Adding this to my TBR list.
Piroska
It sounds like a fascinating book. Women have had to fight for so long…and are still fighting. It’s come a long way, but still a long way to go.
Jo D.
This is a real book of the times, looks like an interesting read!
Kelly Kimmell
Sounds like a good book to read to remind us of how far we as women have come. Good information.
Monica McConnell
It is so important to learn about the history of woman and all we have done
Brianna Evers
Completely agree! Such a great informative article.
Brittany Gilley
thanks for the recommendation!
Brianna Evers
I have to check this book out! It looks like a very informative and interesting read.
Charlieann vanorsdale
It’s so important to learn history at a young age this is so amazing
Brandy Burkett
Hell yea! Thanks for sharing! I’ll be sure to check it out!
Shannon Gilchrist
I have this on my to be read board. Can’t wait to get my hands on it!
Jodi Hunter
I so love this post.
Jodi Hunter
I’ve read so many women history books, they are the best.
Camille B
I love the title!
Dana Rodriguez
This sounds like a book I would really enjoy! Thanks!
danielle h
ill be checking it out!
Dale Steele Nicolov
I remember one year having a very difficult position.I worked so hard to make my year a sucessful one for everyone involved. The next year my work load was divided between two men.When I asked my boss why this happened, his reply was that women can handle stress much better. It is sad that when you do a very good job at a challenging position.that you are not given recognition for a job well done!
Jodi Hunter
Sounds like an incredible read.
megan allen
Such an amazing achievement!!