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Fearless Women By Elizabeth Cobbs
March 14 @ 7:30 pm
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 – 7:30pm PDT
Warwick’s will host Elizabeth Cobbs as she discusses and signs her new book, Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé. An award-winning novelist, historian, and filmmaker, Elizabeth Cobbs is the author of nine books, including the New York Times bestselling novel The Hamilton Affair, and The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers. She earned her Ph.D. in American history at Stanford University and holds the Melbern Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M University.
When America became a nation, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her, she couldn’t leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this, reminding her husband John to “remember the ladies” when he wrote the Constitution. He simply laughed – and women have been fighting for their rights ever since.
Fearless Women tells the story of women who dared to take destiny into their own hands. They were feminists and antifeminists, activists and homemakers, victims of abuse and pathbreaking professionals. Inspired by the nation’s ideals and fueled by an unshakeable sense of right and wrong, they wouldn’t take no for an answer. In time, they carried the country with them.
The first right they won was the right to learn. Later, impassioned teachers like Angelina Grimké and Susan B. Anthony campaigned for the right to speak in public, lobby the government, and own property. Some were passionate abolitionists. Others fought just to protect their own children.
Many of these women devoted their lives to the cause – some are famous – but most pressed their demands far from the spotlight, insisting on their right to vote, sit on a jury, control the timing of their pregnancies, enjoy equal partnerships, or earn a living. At every step, they faced fierce opposition. Elizabeth Cobbs gives voice to fearless women on both sides of the aisle, most of whom considered themselves patriots. Rich and poor, from all backgrounds and regions, they show that the women’s movement has never been an exclusive club.
