Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the long march for women's rights / Zachary Michael Jack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jack, Zachary Michael, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jones, Rosalie, 1883-.

Jones, Rosalie.

Suffragists--United States--Biography.

Suffragists.

Demonstrations.

History.

Women--Suffrage.

United States.

Washington (D.C.).

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Women--Suffrage--United States--History--20th century.

Women.

Feminism--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Women's rights--United States--History--20th century.

Women's rights.

Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 270 pages ; 23 cm : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"In February 1913 young firebrand activist "General" Rosalie Gardiner Jones defied convention and the doubts of better-known suffragists such as Alice Paul, Jane Addams, and Carrie Chapman Catt to muster an unprecedented equal rights army. Jones and "Colonel" Ida Craft marched 250 miles at the head of their all-volunteer platoon, advancing from New York City to Washington, DC in the dead of winter, in what was believed to be the longest dedicated women's rights march in American history. Along the way their ragtag band of protestors overcame violence, intimidation, and bigotry, their every step documented by journalist-embeds who followed the self-styled army down far-flung rural roads and into busy urban centers bristling with admiration and enmity. At march's end in Washington, more than 100,000 spectators cheered and jeered Rosalie's army in a reception said to rival a president's inauguration. This first-ever book-length biography details Jones's indomitable and original brand of boots-on-the-ground activism, from the 1913 March on Washington that brought her international fame to later-life campaigns for progressive reform in the American West and on her native Long Island. Consistently at odds with conservatives and conformists, the fiercely independent Jones was a prototypical social justice warrior, one who never stopped marching to her own drummer. Long after retiring her equal rights army, Jones advocated nonviolence and fair trade, authored a book on economics and international peace, and ran for Congress, earning a law degree, a PhD, and a lifelong reputation as a tireless defender of the dispossessed"-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Rosalie's Army p. 11

2 General Jones Prepares for War p. 31

3 Mustering in Manhattan p. 45

4 A Rough Road in New Jersey p. 60

5 Love and War p. 69

6 Cheers and Jeers in the City of Sisterly Love p. 80

7 In the Footsteps of Americas General p. 89

8 A Soldiers Rest in Wilmington p. 99

9 Marching on Maryland p. 116

10 Militancy and Mud-slinging p. 129

11 Rebels Reach Baltimore p. 138

12 Marching to Their Own Drummer p. 156

13 General Jones Goes to Washington p. 167

14 Winning the Vote p. 185

15 Life After Generaling p. 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476681160

1476681163

OCLC:

1137736925