Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970

THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE VITAL ROLE
WOMEN — BOTH BLACK AND WHITE — PLAYED
IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, credit finally goes where credit is due — to the bold women who were crucial to the success of the civil rights movement. From the Montgomery bus boycott to the lunch counter sit-ins to the Freedom Rides, Lynne Olson skillfully tells the long-overlooked story of the extraordinary women who were among the most fearl…