MS. Magazine has named Manisha Sinha‘s book The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 as one of the top feminist books of 2024.

Karla Strand, a gender and women’s studies librarian, reviews Sinha’s book as: “With this groundbreaking volume, renowned historian Manisha Sinha offers a critical reexamination of the Reconstruction era. By extending the time frame and including other important events such as imperialism, conquest of Indigenous peoples and women’s suffrage, Sinha presents a new understanding of the consequences of its defeat.”

To read more of this article, and to learn more about the other books named: Ms. Magazine’s Top Feminist Books of 2024

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