The woman suffrage movement in the United States / Joan Marie Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Joan Marie, author.

Series:

Seminar studies in history

Seminar studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Women.

Women--Suffrage.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 215 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

"The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States presents important moments and participants in the history of the American suffrage movement, ranging from the mid-nineteenth century through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The book highlights the many participants in the suffrage movement, including well-known leaders, lesser-known activists, major national organizations, and local efforts across the country. An array of perspectives is examined: the garment factory worker working for protective labor laws, the wealthy wife hoping to control her inheritance, the Black activist seeking voting power for her community, and the temperance worker wanting to vote for prohibition laws. The volume examines the crucial activism of Black suffragists and other women of color, as well as the fraught nature of the cross-racial coalition in the movement. The broad and accessible approach to this important period in history will enable students to consider questions such as: How could suffragists overcome their differences and build community? Were wealthy women who funded salaries, headquarters, and parades afforded more power? What tactics and strategies did suffragists utilize to lobby legislators and win over the public? How did suffragists and anti-suffragists wield racism as a political tactic both in support of and against the Nineteenth Amendment? How and when did women of color finally achieve the right to vote? Students will also be able to consider lessons from the suffrage movement for an inclusive feminist movement today. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in U.S. women's history, the history of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, and those interested in the histories of social movements"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Background. Introduction

Part 2. Analysis. Early demands for women's rights

Women in the anti-slavery movement

Women's rights convention begin

Suffrage and citizenship after the Civil War

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Home Protection Ballot and women's clubs

State suffrage campaigns in the late nineteenth century

The suffrage movement expands

Infighting at NAWSA headquarters

Victory in California

Suffragists take to the streets

Rival national associations

The public relations campaign to win support for suffrage

Campaign strategy in Illinois, Iowa, and New York

Lobbying Congress for the Nineteenth Amendment

The National Woman's Party and NAWSA in South Carolina, New Mexico, and Texas

Suffragists win support in congress for a federal amendment

Tennessee : the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment

Part 3. Assessment. Conclusion: The Nineteenth Amendment and voting rights from 1920 to the present

Part 4. Documents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, Joan Marie. Woman suffrage movement in the United States

ISBN:

9780367487621

0367487624

9780367487614

0367487616

OCLC:

1265455846

Publisher Number:

40031045316