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An exploration of the women's movement, with biographies of Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 9-12-- In a clear and lively style consistent with the lives being described, Archer gives brief biographies of Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan, with a full background view of the political organizations they worked with and against. The text, while clearly celebrating these women as leaders of feminist causes in their separate historical times, does not fictionalize, relying heavily on letters, diaries, and other personal forms of communication. Nor are these lives glossed over; Sanger's divorce and remarriage to her lover is discussed, and Anthony's disappointment at Lucy Stone's marriage is clearly expressed. While there have been other accounts of these remarkable women, putting the three together in a progressive perspective makes clear the accomplishments of the women's rights movement in American history, as well as the distance remaining to achieve full equality of the sexes. --Ruth K. MacDonald, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
This comprehensive, well-organized book chronicles the lives of Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger and Betty Friedan, three women prominent in the ongoing women's rights movement. Archer begins by briefly describing the conditions surrounding women's unequal status and summarizing the women's liberation movement from 1837 to the present. Biographical chapters on Anthony, Sanger and Friedan follow--each begins with a turning point in the woman's career, and then explores her childhood and background. The author smoothly interweaves historical facts with pertinent quotations as he discusses Anthony's fight for women's suffrage, Sanger's determination to educate women about birth control and Friedan's struggle to earn equality for women in the workplace and society in general. He also refers to many other women who played a part in the feminist revolution. The final section weakly addresses current issues relevant to the women's movement, detracting from the biographies' potency. Nevertheless, the historical impact of these women's lives is deftly presented through captivating narrative. Ages 10-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Photographs. After a brief summary of the feminist revolution, the author focuses on the lives and contributions of three women who were important to the women's movement. Attention to detail makes this a useful resource. Bibliography, index. From HORN BOOK 1991, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
The influences on American feminists--from Lysistrata to abolitionism, as well as the personal impact of parental strengths and--enhance this multiple biography. Archer involves readers in the drama: Anthony in a court case, Sanger attending a woman injured in a self-induced abortion, Friedan planning a march to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment despite Mayor Lindsay's ban. Each personal history includes sources for the woman's ideas (e.g., Sanger developing the idea of widespread clinics after studying clinics in the Netherlands) and dramatizes the difficulties in establishing precedents for what are now norms (in her fight to make dispensing birth-control information legal, Sanger served eight prison terms). Each section also portrays its subject's larger circle: Stanton and Mott; Debs, Goldman, Darrow; Steinem. Anthony said, ``I love to make history but hate to write it.'' Archer gives the history an exciting flourish; thanks to his protagonists, his audience will come to it better prepared than any of theirs. Bibliography. (Nonfiction. 10+)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 7-10. This rousingly supportive history of feminism focuses on the lives and work of three significant women: Susan B. Anthony, who led the fight for women's suffrage; Margaret Sanger, crusader for the free dissemination of birth control; and Betty Friedan, founder of the National Organization for Women. Archer recounts how each woman came to her deeply held convictions, how she fought for social change, and how she maintained a passionate commitment to her cause despite discouragement and opposition. The author quotes liberally from his subjects' writings and from those of their opponents; in the case of Friedan, he also quotes from his interview with her. Footnotes, however, are absent. This is particularly unfortunate because Archer errs in his facts more than once. For example, he cites the bra burning that supposedly occurred at the 1968 Miss America Pageant. Although the protesters threatened to burn bras, they actually just threw them in the trash. The book does, however, convey a great deal of information about the restrictions and prejudices women have faced and about the enormous work it has taken to change attitudes. Archer closes with several chapters on the gains women have made and the current concerns of the women's movement, including the abortion issue. Extensive bibliography appended. ~--Leone McDermott