The woman's hour: the great fight to win the vote - elaine weiss

Both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for every reader -- Hillary Rodham Clinton Soon to be a major television event, the nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

Nashville, August 1920.

Thirty-five states have approved the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote; one last state--Tennessee--is needed for womens voting rights to be the law of the land.

The suffragists face vicious opposition from politicians, clergy, corporations, and racists who dont want black women voting.

And then there are the Antis--women who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the nations moral collapse.

And in one hot summer, they all converge for a confrontation, replete with booze and blackmail, betrayal and courage.

Following a handful of remarkable women who led their respective forces into battle, The Womans Hour is the gripping story of how Americas women won their own freedom, and the opening campaign in the great twentieth-century battles for civil rights.