Kathryn Cullen-DuPont

America's women activists have striven bravely and tirelessly to affect the course of American history. Their story, as told in letters, memoirs, diaries, and speeches, is as wide and varied as America itself. This anthology begins with the then-government's attempt to silence Anne Hutchinson, not permitted to address mixed audiences of men and women in the Massachusetts Bay colony and leads to the formation of the women's rights movement. Highlights...

Provides hundreds of firsthand accounts of the movement from - diary entries, letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts.