Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha JonesAn elegant and expansive history (New York Times) of African American womens pursuit of political powerand how it transformed America In Vanguard, acclaimed historian Martha S. Jones offers a new history of African American womens political lives in America. She recounts how they defied both racism and sexism to fight for the ballot, and how they wielded political power to secure the equality and dignity of all persons. From the earliest days of the