A collection of scholarly essays and primary documents which consider both sides of the woman suffrage question, particularly as it was debated in the South and in Tennessee, which in 1920 became the pivotal thirty-sixth state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.
"Marking the centenary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Votes for Women celebrates past efforts while looking toward what actions we might take in the future to further support women's equality"--Introduction.
ELIzABETH AND ANNE MILLER: A MoTHER-DAuGHTER SuFFRAGE TEAM Elizabeth Smith Miller (1822–1911) and Anne fitzhugh Miller (1856–1912) were a mother-daughter team with reform in their blood. Elizabeth Smith Miller was the daughter of Gerrit ...
No Votes for Women explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of voting rights to women.
Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.
This volume is essential reading for those interested in American politics and women's formal participation in it.
Cott, Grounding of Modern Feminism, 247–63; Kirsten Marie Delegard, Battling Miss Bolsheviki: The Origins of Female Conservatism in the United States (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012). 12. 2.
These are the stories of five trailblazers who achieved amazing things in difficult circumstances: Elizabeth Cady Stanton began campaigning for women s rights when she was refused entry to a convention because she was a woman.
August 18, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited states and the US government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex.
Walsh, Edward. “Carol Braun's Rocky Road to History.” The Washington Post, April 28, 1992. Weinraub, Judith. “Mankiller.” The Washington Post, December 10, 1993. Weiss, Elaine. The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote.
Leach calls popular woman's rights lecturer Anna Dickinson a “ fashion plate ” with a passion for “ silk , satin , diamonds , and gorgeous colors . ” She became so renown as a consumer of fashion that the great jeweler Charles Tiffany ...