Gilded Suffragists : The New York Socialites who Fought for Women's Right to Vote / Johanna Neuman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neuman, Johanna, Author.

Series:

Washington Mews Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

Socialites--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Socialites.

Suffragists--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Suffragists.

Suffragists--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

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

Women.

Women--Suffrage--New York (State)--History.

New York (N.Y.)--Biography.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

New York City’s elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names—Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt, Whitney and the like—carried enormous public value. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance of their costume balls and the opulence of the French couture clothes, and they leveraged their social celebrity for political power, turning women's right to vote into a fashionable cause.Although they were dismissed by critics as bored socialites “trying on suffrage as they might the latest couture designs from Paris,” these gilded suffragists were at the epicenter of the great reforms known collectively as the Progressive Era. From championing education for women, to pursuing careers, and advocating for the end of marriage, these women were engaged with the swirl of change that swept through the streets of New York City. Johanna Neuman restores these women to their rightful place in the story of women’s suffrage. Understanding the need for popular approval for any social change, these socialites used their wealth, power, social connections and style to excite mainstream interest and to diffuse resistance to the cause. In the end, as Neuman says, when change was in the air, these women helped push women’s suffrage over the finish line.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. A Club of Their Own

2. The Celebrity Endorsement

3. The Birth of a Rivalry

4. A Rivalry Collapses

5. The Gilded Face of Modernity

6. Mere Men

7. The Tactical Turn

8. The Great Wars

9. Who Won Suffrage?

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

1-4798-7751-4

OCLC:

1132224688