Women, Power, and Political Change

Women, Power, and Political Change analyzes the lives of fourteen American women who faciliated social and political changes since America's founding. Bonnie G. Mani describes the social and political context of each time period and uncovers how women can influence public policy without holding elected office and without personal wealth.

Part 1 Colonial Times to 1776: From early settlement to the American Revolution
Chapter 2 Anne Hutchinson
Part 3 1776 to 1848: The American Revolution to the Early Women's Movement
Chapter 4 Abigail Adams
Chapter 5 The Grimké Sisters: Sarah and Angelina
Chapter 6 Sojourner Truth
Part 7 1848 to 1890: The Early Women's Movement and the years that preceeded the Suffrage Movement
Chapter 8 Susan Brownell Anthony
Chapter 9 Lucretia Mott
Chapter 10 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Chapter 11 Lucy Stone
Chapter 12 Harriet Tubman
Part 13 1890 to 1925: The Suffrage Movement
Chapter 14 Jane Addams
Chapter 15 Carrie Chapman Catt
Chapter 16 Alice Paul
Chapter 17 Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Part 18 1925 to the present: The End of the Suffrage Movement through the Contemporary Women's Rights Movement
Chapter 19 Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chapter 20 Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Part 21 Conclusions