Book · 2020 · Juvenile Nonfiction
The Woman's Hour
Our Fight for the Right to Vote
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The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss is a detailed historical account examining the intense political battles and dramatic events surrounding the passing of the nineteenth amendment that granted women the right to vote in the United States. On The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday praised the book during a conversation with Eric Holder, expressing how much he loved reading about the suffrage movement and how it challenged common assumptions. Holiday noted that people often mistakenly assume the suffragettes were merely battling indifference, whereas the book reveals that there was fierce, vehement opposition to women securing the franchise. Furthermore, a significant portion of that opposition actually came from other women, a detail Holiday described as mind-blowing upon deeper investigation. By highlighting these overlooked historical complexities, Holiday recommended the book as an essential resource for understanding the true obstacles overcome during the long march toward equal rights and justice in American history.
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Ryan Holiday and that that is something you talk a lot about in the book and I'm glad you did because I loved uh that bo… 1
“and that that is something you talk a lot about in the book and I'm glad you did because I loved uh that book The Women's hour about the passing of the of the amendment that gives women the right to vote”
“I loved uh that book The Women's hour about the passing of the of the amendment that gives women the right to vote I think you assume and again we don't teach these things uh so explicitly in school but I guess I just assumed that the suffragettes were battling indifference right they were they were against well women don't”
“That is something you talk a lot about in the book, and I'm glad you did because I loved that book, The Women's Hour, about the passing of the amendment that gives women the right to vote.”
“As she points out in her book, and you point out in this book, there were people who were vehemently opposed to women having the right to vote, and a good chunk of those people were women, which is kind of the mind-blowing thing when you dig into it.”