Book Description

'What Answer?' is a novel penned by Anna E. Dickinson. She was an advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, and was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress. It was published three years after the American Civil War, a bold move considering the topic that it tackles. The story follows an interracial marriage that is doomed due to society's intolerance of racial equality. The novel was highly controversial at the time, and to tackle the subject was not an easy feat.