Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era.

Table of Contents

• Series Editor'S Foreword
• Author'S Preface
• 1 Becoming Alice Paul
• 2 History, Politics, and Strategy
• 3 Where Are All the People?
• 4 A Splendid Year and a Growing Rivalry
• 5 Taking on the Democrats
• 6 A New Plan, a New Party, an Old Fight
• 7 The War Against Women
• 8 Victory and Discord
• 9 The Quest for Equality for Women
• 10 Epilogue
• Primary Sources
• Study Questions
• Annotated Bibliography