“Eye-opening ...Although the author’s well-delineated examples will ring outrageous to modern-day ears, she reminds us how much there is still to be achieved.”——Kirkus
“ACLU attorney Thomas… pays overdue tribute to the intrepid women who fought to end discrimination and right egregious wrongs against women seeking their civil rights.”——Booklist
“‘Giving faces to the names of women who brought these cases,’ says one reader, ‘makes this book remarkable beyond the important historical perspective it offers.’”——Elle