A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage

A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage
ISBN-10
1107187494
ISBN-13
9781107187498
Category
History
Pages
330
Language
English
Published
2020-01-31
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
J. Kevin Corder, Christina Wolbrecht

Description

Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.

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