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New Rosalie Gardiner Jones book release March 2

Websigte Rosalie Cover ImageCelebrate Women’s History Month and the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment this month by sharing the story of one of America’s original social justice warriors in Zachary Michael Jack’s latest work of nonfiction Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the Long March for Women’s Rights, set for nationwide release March 2, 2020.

In February 1913 young firebrand activist “General” Rosalie Gardiner Jones defied convention and the doubts of better-known suffragists such as Alice Paul, Jane Addams, and Carrie Chapman Catt to muster an unprecedented equal rights army. Jones and “Colonel” Ida Craft marched 250 miles at the head of their all-volunteer platoon, advancing from New York City to Washington, DC in the dead of winter, in what was believed to be the longest dedicated women’s rights march in American history. Along the way their band of protestors overcame violence, intimidation, and bigotry, their every step documented by journalist-embeds who followed the self-styled army down far-flung rural roads and into busy urban centers bristling with admiration and enmity. At march’s end in Washington, more than 100,000 spectators cheered and jeered Rosalie’s army in a reception said to rival a president’s inauguration.

This first-ever book-length biography details Jones’s indomitable and original brand of boots-on-the-ground activism, from the 1913 March on Washington that brought her international fame to later-life campaigns for progressive reform in the American West and on her native Long Island. Consistently at odds with conservatives and conformists, the fiercely independent Jones was a prototypical social justice warrior, one who never stopped marching to her own drummer. Long after retiring her equal rights army, Jones advocated nonviolence and fair trade, authored a book on economics and international peace, and ran for Congress, earning a law degree, a PhD, and a lifelong reputation as a tireless defender of the dispossessed.

Young Adult Library Services Assoc. Praises new YA Book

The Young Adult Library Association (YALSA) blog highlights March of the Suffragettes by Zachary Michael Jack as among theyalsa-logo most noteworthy young adult narrative nonfictions with social justice themes in recent years. Reviewer Alicia Abdul writes, “Social change starts with a step and for Rosalie Gardiner Jones who gathered a group of people to walk with her to Albany from New York City to win rights for women in the voting booth. There were many voices that contributed. Some we know well and others like Jones need accessible texts like this one that highlight the outspoken bravery it took to fight for certain rights.” Check out the full listing of recommended YA social change nonfiction from the last five years at http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2016/12/06/narrative-nonfiction-social-justice/

School Library Journal Praises New YA Book

sljournal-logoSchool Library Journal favorably reviews March of the Suffragettes by Zachary Michael Jack in their December Print Edition. Following is the text of the review:

In 1912, a well-educated woman from an established New York family led a 175-mile march from New York City to the state capitol in Albany with the goal of handing the governor a petition urging him to support voting rights for women. A trek that began with much hoopla and a huge turnout of supporters eventually came down to just Rosalie Gardiner Jones and her associates Ida Craft, Lavinia Dock, and Jessie Hardy Stubbs. They refused to be dissuaded by family members, unruly bystanders, the lack of food, and the cold weather. Their dedication to the cause was as strong as their friendship for one another, and this combination catapulted them to success. With an informal writing style, this is an engaging title that will appeal to many readers. The use of newspapers accounts of the march helps bring this event into the 21st century.” VERDICT  A fine chronicle of the early 20th-century United States and the tenacity of Rosalie Gardiner Jones.–Patricia Ann Owens, formerly at Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, Mt. Carmel.

ZMJ Reads at San Francisco Public Library; West Coast Tour

sfpl_logoA busy week of events on the West Coast for Zachary Michael Jack and March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March for Voting Rights, beginning with a book-signing at Old Capitol Books in Monterey and a mid-week lecture and salon at the San Francisco Public Library.  Rosalie marches on!

YA nonfiction #1 new Amazon bestseller in its class; earns national reviews

March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March for Voting Rights, New YA nonfiction by Zachary Michael Jack, reached #1 on Amazon’s list of new bestsellers in young adult nonfiction (Politics and Government) on October 1. Rosalie Gardiner Jones marches on!

Writing for the Santa Fe New Mexican, reviewer Jennifer Levin writes of March of the Suffragettes, “Though the book is a perfect vehicle to get teen-agers interested in reading about history, the complexity and density of information Jack provides, as well as his facility with humor and dramatic tension, will also hook more mature readers.”

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New YA Book Hits Shelves Today; ZMJ visits area high schools

Publication day and a shelf’s worth of March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March for Voting Rights ready for readers at the local indie bookstore. To mark the launch of the book, Zachary joined high school history and English classes at Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, Illinois, this past week at the invitation of LT teachers and librarians.

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Week of pre-launch events for new YA book begins week of 9/19

andersons-bookshop-logoZachary Michael Jack’s latest book, March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March to Voting Rights, will be pre-launched this week in a series of public events, beginning with a writers-in-the-schools visit on Friday, September 23, and an in-store book-signing at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, Illinois on Saturday, September 24 at 2 p.m. Books will be available for purchase and signing in advance of the book’s official September 27th release date. Details for the Anderson’s event may be found here.

March of the Suffragettes has been included in the Best YA Books of 2016 catalogue by the American Bookseller’s Association.

New nonfiction by Zachary Michael Jack chosen as a best YA book of 2016

aba-logotypeThe American Booksellers Association included Zachary Michael Jack’s latest release March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March for Voting Rights in its Best YA Books of 2016 catalog. Jack’s new nonfiction for teens, distributed nationally by Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt and Zest Books, is due for release September 27, 2016 and is available for preorder now.

The complete list of the ABA’s Best Book for Young Readers in America for 2016 may be viewed here