![]() ![]() “Jones’ book is a welcome addition to the spate of books on woman suffrage that have been published this year in honor of the Centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment. “If you read no other book on suffrage this centennial of the 19th Amendment, read this one. "In her important new book, Jones shows how African American women waged their own fight for the vote, and why their achievements speak mightily to our present moment as voters, regardless of gender or race."- Washington Post Jones is an assiduous scholar and an absorbing writer, turning to the archives to unearth the stories of Black women who worked alongside white suffragists only to be marginalized."- New York Times ![]() "Jones has written an elegant and expansive history of Black women who sought to build political power where they could. ![]()
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