Rampant women : suffragists and the right of assembly / Linda J. Lumsden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lumsden, Linda J., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Suffrage--United States--History.

Women.

Women--Suffrage.

Feminism.

History.

Assembly, Right of.

United States.

Assembly, Right of--United States--History.

Feminism--United States--History.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1997]

Contents:

Introduction : women and freedom of expression before the twentieth century

The right of association : mass meetings, delegations, and conventions

The open-air campaigns : suffragists take their message to the streets

Petitions : the power and limits of women's sole political tool

Parades : shoulder to shoulder, women march

Pageants : acting onstage and offstage

Picketing : women's first battle for first amendment rights

Conclusion : the legacy of suffrage assemblies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index.

ISBN:

0870499866

OCLC:

36327485