Interweaves intricate broadside art with archival photographs and ephemera. This book brings feminist history to life, profiling 27 unforgettable forebears of the modern women’s movement such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rachel Carson, and more. Across eras and industries, passions and geographies, this collection of diverse, progressive, and perseverant women faced what looked like insurmountable odds—and yet, still, they persisted.

In 1912, a well-educated woman from an established New York family led a 175-mile march from New York City to the state capitol in Albany with the goal of handing the governor a petition urging him to support voting rights for women. They refused to be dissuaded by family members, unruly bystanders, the lack of food, and the cold weather. Their dedication to the cause was as strong as their friendship for one another, and this combination catapulted them to success. —School Library Journal

The story of Sally Heathcote, a maid who joined the women's suffrage movement during the changing political climate of early-twentieth-century Edwardian England. Sally becomes involved in some of the movement's more dangerous activities—including burning down Labor Party leader David Lloyd-George’s house, and enduring forced feeding when she goes on a hunger strike in prison.

A classic anthology of feminist writings, this collection is centered around the experiences of women of color and underscores the need for intersectionality in modern feminism. Through personal essays, criticism, interviews, testimonials, poetry, and visual art, the collection explores, as co-editor Cherríe Moraga writes, “the complex confluence of identities—race, class, gender, and sexuality—systemic to women of color oppression and liberation.”