A review by katejeminhizer
The Women's March by Jennifer Chiaverini

5.0

The stories of the Women's Suffrage movement in the United States usually consist of focusing on the efforts of several women: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott. While these women were certainly pivotal to the cause, their actions were not the only ones that generated awareness and change. Chiaverini has composed a remarkable book focused on the 1913 Women's Suffrage march in Washington D.C. This book has been meticulously researched and Chiaverini has very successfully taken that research and delivered it in an easy to follow format. The book introduces readers to other influential women of the suffrage movement including Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Maud Malone. It showcases how women vying for suffrage in the United States incorporated lessons learned by suffragists in other countries and chose a more docile approach. By utilizing 3 main characters with distinctly different backgrounds, Chiaverini was able to touch upon the varying views of how inclusive the fight for suffrage should be. Even with just focusing on this one major event, Chiaverini provides a comprehensive history of the suffrage movement. This is my first book by this author and it certainly won't be my last.

I received an advance copy of this title via NetGalley.