American women who have participated in politics, the Civil Rights movement, environmental protection, religious tolerance, and many other issues here express their convictions. The contributors range from Abigail Adams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Alice Walker and Betty Friedan.
Through America's history women have contributed to more than their own goals of freedom and equality. This anthology redefines activism beyond the strict realm of politics to embrace the many reform movements that women have galvanized and revolutionized, including religious tolerance, abolition, civil rights, wildlife conservation, environmental protection, and nuclear disarmament.
