Freedom's daughters : the unsung heroines of the civil rights movement from 1830 to 1970 / Lynne Olson.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-439) and index.

1. "Far more terrible for women" -- 2. "She has shaken this country" -- 3. "Getting them comfortable with rebellion" -- 4. Lighting the fuse -- 5. "There had to be a stopping place" -- 6. "Our leaders is just we ourself" -- 7. "She kept daring us to go further" -- 8. "The most daring of our leaders" -- 9. "Being white does not answer your problems" -- 10. "She never listened to a word" -- 11. "We are not going to take this anymore" -- 12. "The cobwebs are moving from my brain" -- 13. "I had never heard that voice before" -- 14. "Black and white together" -- 15. "A woman's war" -- 16. "we assumed we were equal" -- 17. "We can't deal with her" -- 18. Standing in the minefield -- 19. "We didn't come all this way for no two seats" -- 20. "This inevitable, horrible Greek tragedy" -- 21. The "woman question" -- 22. "we were asked to deny a part of ourselves" -- 23. "We got to keep moving".