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The battle over women's rights

Book review: <i>Divided We Stand</i>

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Gillian Thomas
DIVIDED WE STAND
The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics
Marjorie J Spruill 
Bloomsbury
436 pages; $33

Among feminists, Donald Trump’s election has prompted unprecedented soul-searching about What Went Wrong. The revelation that a majority of white women helped put Mr Trump over the top cut especially deep. The initial mystery — how could women vote for that man? — gave way to betrayal: How could they do this to other women? Then, after some Kübler-Ross stages of grief, and a few million pink pussy hats, came the questions: How to harness the euphoric rage of the record-breaking

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