The Women's March

A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession

De: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld

New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with The Women’s March, an enthralling historical novel of the woman’s suffrage movement inspired by three courageous women who bravely risked their lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote.

Twenty-five-year-old Alice Paul returns to her native New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain. Weakened from imprisonment and hunger strikes, she is nevertheless determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states have already granted women voting rights, but only a constitutional amendment will secure the vote for all.

To inspire support for the campaign, Alice organizes a magnificent procession down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, the day before the inauguration of President-Elect Woodrow Wilson, a firm antisuffragist.

Joining the march is 39-year-old New Yorker Maud Malone, librarian and advocate for women’s and workers’ rights. The daughter of Irish immigrants, Maud has acquired a reputation - and a criminal record - for interrupting politicians’ speeches with pointed questions they’d rather ignore.

Civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett resolves that women of color must also be included in the march - and the proposed amendment. Born into slavery in Mississippi, Ida worries that White suffragists may exclude Black women if it serves their own interests.

On March 3, 1913, the glorious march commences, but negligent police allow vast crowds of belligerent men to block the parade route - jeering, shouting threats, assaulting the marchers - endangering not only the success of the demonstration but the women’s very lives.

Inspired by actual events, The Women’s March offers a fascinating account of a crucial but little-remembered moment in American history, a turning point in the struggle for women’s rights.

©2021 Jennifer Chiaverini (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

Great story

Great story line but it was moving very slow I’m thankful for these powerful and intelligent women for fighting for equal rights

Another gold one

Everything Jennifer writes is worth the read (or listen). I want my daughters son in laws and grandchildren to listen to this . We need to be reminded and taught of the things that did not come easy or without a price that we so casually enjoy today. The performance was fantastic. Thank you both.

Why wasn't this taught in history classes?

This is history, well researched and come alive. Why wasn't this taught in history classes? I love history and I don't ever recall learning of the things that are read about in this book.

I hadn't known some of this story

This is a book we should all read. Nothing should be taken for granted. It gave me respect to those who came before us.

Tedious

I wanted to love this book, but I did not. I actually found it to be somewhat tedious. I was not invested in the characters.

I am struggling through this one…

I have probably read 20 of J.C.’s books but this is SO dry I am having a really hard time focusing on it.

We need to continue to understand our history.

We must keep the stories alive of how difficult the fight to gain freedom is. Fictionized stories like this one help to decrease a textbook delivery of facts. So, I appreciate Jennifer Chiaverini's research and finished work. Here's to strong women.

We have come so far, but still have a long way..

Such an important story. The set up took awhile, so many details needed to be shared to build the foundation, but it was worth it. The struggle for equality that woman faced was illustrated beautifully, it's heartbreaking and infuriating and joyous too.
I gained a new appreciation for those who started this battle we have yet to win. And a renewed hope for the future of womans rights. The narrator is one of my favorites, I search for her to guide me to my next book choice. Once again, she did not disappoint.

Inspiring------and heart breaking.

Great true story, minimal literary license was taken. It was the character and historical figure Ida B. Wells who was the most interesting and moving to me. I was familiar with her history, as with most of the historical women who who fought so hard for our rights, but Maude Malone was new to me. We owe so much to our Sufferagist foremothers. As a progressive activist nowadays, the close alliances as well as the disagreements are familiar to me. The racist idiocy of even trying to keep Black women, including Ida B. Wells (!) from marching, makes me grind my teeth in anger and disgust. We still are dealing with class and racial misunderstandings and subsequent lack of coherence. Currently we face voter suppression attempts to disenfranchise most of the same people who had to go through so much to be allowed to vote! I found the book inspiring because of that, and heartbreaking, because it is looking as though we will have to do it all over again. VOTE everyone! Our democracy cannot exist if we let the same old vote suppressors take over again.

women's right to vote

excellent novel blending true history with a little fiction to make a memorable story. Thanks