Elizabeth Cobb on Fearless Women
b'When America became a nation, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her, she couldn\\u2019t leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this, reminding her husband John to \\u201cremember the ladies\\u201d when he wrote the Constitution. He simply laughed\\u2015and women have been fighting for their rights ever since.\\n\\nFearless Women tells the story of women who dared to take destiny into their own hands. They were feminists and antifeminists, activists and homemakers, victims of abuse and pathbreaking professionals. Inspired by the nation\\u2019s ideals and fueled by an unshakeable sense of right and wrong, they wouldn\\u2019t take no for an answer. In time, they carried the country with them.\\n\\nJoin us when Elizabeth Cobbs examines Fearless Women which gives a voice to fearless women on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.'