Summary
Whether fighting against a corrupt government, for women's and civil rights, for social reform, or for political independence, women can found at picket lines and rallies everywhere, influencing the hearts and minds of many to improve the nations they live in and the world around them. Women Political Activists presents lively, engrossing biographies of female "rabble rousers" from around the world, including Rosa Parks, Carry Nation, Winnie Mandela, and Aung San Suu Kyi. Each entry focuses readers' attention on the women themselves and their accomplishments, linking their formative experiences with their later achievements.
About the Author(s)
Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D., is director of the Women's Studies Program at Idaho State University. She is the author of several books, including Of Little Comfort: War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War; Petticoats and White Feathers: Gender Conformity, Race, and the Progressive Peace Movement, and the Debate Over War, 1895–1919; and Reconstructing Patriarchy After the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation between Nations as well as numerous scholarly articles.