Minnie Fisher Cunningham: A Suffragist's Life in Politics
- ISBN-10
- 0195304861
- ISBN-13
- 9780195304862
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 266
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Authors
- Judith N. McArthur, Harold L. Smith
Description
Minnie Fisher Cunningham was Texas's most important female political activist. After directing Texas's woman suffrage campaign, she helped found the National League of Women Voters and the Woman's National Democratic Club. This is the first biography of the lifelong politician affectionately known as Minnis Fish.
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