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A review by cancermoononhigh
Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote by Todd Hasak-Lowy, Susan Zimet
fast-paced
2.75
I picked this book up because I was very rushed during my lunch hour. I would say its a very good beginner book, nothing that one can really sink their teeth in but a good overview of the Women's movement. I am also embarrassed to admit that I know slim to nothing on Susan B Anthony and was hoping this book would give me some more insight.
*New York State enacted the Married Women's Property Act which prevented husbands from automatically claiming the right to their wifes property/income/financial assets.
*Quakers were extremely involved in all the major reform movements in the 19th century especially abolitionism. There were high number of Quaker women who fought for the suffrage because in Quacker communities women have always been viewed as possessing the same spiritual power as men. Educating women was a priority.
*Susan B Anthony had a plan on 1872 that she would vote in order to win the right for all women to vote. She went down to register to vote, she read them the 14th amendment and threatened to sue if they refused. 2 out of 3 men agreed. She and 15 other women voted down the Republican ticket. Her trial was held in Canandaigua NY before an all white all male jury. Millard Fillmore was in attendance. Judge Hunt had no intention of allowing a trial to go forward, his decision was written before the trial started. Susan Anthony went back and forth with the Judge who fined her $100 which she never paid. The one good thing about her trial was that she won public opinion by a landslide
*Alice Paul was a woman I never heard of. She would not only lead the womens movement but would live and breath it working harder than anyone else. "There is no Alice Paul. There is suffrage. She leads by being...her cause" She was a true activist.
*in 1912 a Women marching without men was a radical act. A well organized disciplined women's procession would demonstrate the determination of the movement. It was planned during Wilson's inauguration. When Wilson arrived he was dismayed when no crowd was there to greet him, the crowd was watching the Womens parade. The media was up in arms with how the women were treated and the response had a meaningful impact on public opinion. Congressional hearings were held to investiage the police which lasted for two weeks, the DC police chief justly lost his job.
*African American women were accepted in the quietest way possible, as the movement did not want to face backlash from the southern suffrage activists.
*in 1914 the Women movement campaigned against all democratic candidates in the 9 states where women could vote. Alice Paul explained the reason why, "not because we do not like the Democrats, but because they Democratic party has proved so effectively that it dislikes us."
*January 1917 women assembled outside the gate of the White House in sashes of purple, white and gold. These 12 women were the first people in American history to picket the White House.
*The Night of Terror marked the climax of decades long showdown between female activists and male authorities. Women were beaten, kicked and choked. Women were stripped down and only given a blanket in their cells.
*Republican senators visited the imprisoned women and complained to the Wilson administration. For the first time the minority Republican Party called for a vote in the senate, but the Democrats refused to cooperate.
*Henry Burns, the youngest member of the House at the time, wearing a red rose (the opposing color of yellow for women's rights) barely said Aye when it came to his vote. What no one knew that his mother wrote him a letter that said "don't forget to be a good boy, your mother." His aye made all the difference. The vote passed by the narrowest of margins 49-47.
*New York State enacted the Married Women's Property Act which prevented husbands from automatically claiming the right to their wifes property/income/financial assets.
*Quakers were extremely involved in all the major reform movements in the 19th century especially abolitionism. There were high number of Quaker women who fought for the suffrage because in Quacker communities women have always been viewed as possessing the same spiritual power as men. Educating women was a priority.
*Susan B Anthony had a plan on 1872 that she would vote in order to win the right for all women to vote. She went down to register to vote, she read them the 14th amendment and threatened to sue if they refused. 2 out of 3 men agreed. She and 15 other women voted down the Republican ticket. Her trial was held in Canandaigua NY before an all white all male jury. Millard Fillmore was in attendance. Judge Hunt had no intention of allowing a trial to go forward, his decision was written before the trial started. Susan Anthony went back and forth with the Judge who fined her $100 which she never paid. The one good thing about her trial was that she won public opinion by a landslide
*Alice Paul was a woman I never heard of. She would not only lead the womens movement but would live and breath it working harder than anyone else. "There is no Alice Paul. There is suffrage. She leads by being...her cause" She was a true activist.
*in 1912 a Women marching without men was a radical act. A well organized disciplined women's procession would demonstrate the determination of the movement. It was planned during Wilson's inauguration. When Wilson arrived he was dismayed when no crowd was there to greet him, the crowd was watching the Womens parade. The media was up in arms with how the women were treated and the response had a meaningful impact on public opinion. Congressional hearings were held to investiage the police which lasted for two weeks, the DC police chief justly lost his job.
*African American women were accepted in the quietest way possible, as the movement did not want to face backlash from the southern suffrage activists.
*in 1914 the Women movement campaigned against all democratic candidates in the 9 states where women could vote. Alice Paul explained the reason why, "not because we do not like the Democrats, but because they Democratic party has proved so effectively that it dislikes us."
*January 1917 women assembled outside the gate of the White House in sashes of purple, white and gold. These 12 women were the first people in American history to picket the White House.
*The Night of Terror marked the climax of decades long showdown between female activists and male authorities. Women were beaten, kicked and choked. Women were stripped down and only given a blanket in their cells.
*Republican senators visited the imprisoned women and complained to the Wilson administration. For the first time the minority Republican Party called for a vote in the senate, but the Democrats refused to cooperate.
*Henry Burns, the youngest member of the House at the time, wearing a red rose (the opposing color of yellow for women's rights) barely said Aye when it came to his vote. What no one knew that his mother wrote him a letter that said "don't forget to be a good boy, your mother." His aye made all the difference. The vote passed by the narrowest of margins 49-47.