Women's suffrage in the Americas / edited by Stephanie Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, Stephanie, Editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Suffrage--America.

Women.

America--Politics and government.

America.

America--History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 413 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2024.

Contents:

Introduction / Stephanie Mitchell

Scenario I : (Il?)liberal democratic scenario. "Affronting electoral law" : struggle, conquest, and approval of women's suffrage in Costa Rica (189

1949) / Eugenia Rodríguez Sáenz

Fractured landscapes : women and the long struggle for suffrage and political equality in Canada / Veronica Strong-Boag

The suffrage movement in the United States : demanding the right to vote across gender and racial lines in an (il?)liberal democracy / Susan Goodier

Scenario II : crisis of representation. Ideological and political obstacles to enfranchising women in Brazil / Teresa Cristina de Novaes Marques

History and interpretations of women's suffrage in Argentina / Adriana María Valobra

Women's suffrage in Colombia / Guiomar Dueñas Vargas

Scenario III : liberal delay. "Laughter in the chamber" : Mexico's long road to women's suffrage / Stephanie Mitchell

Women's history : historiographical proposals on how women obtained the suffrage in Chile / Claudia Montero and María Paz Vera

The history of women's suffrage in Nicaragua : an incomplete story / Victoria González-Rivera

Scenaro IV : perceived conservative strategic advantage. Without consideration of their sex? The uneven path to female suffrage in Ecuador, ca. 1883-1940 / Erin E. O'Connor

Collective action for women's suffrage in Peru : political contexts, women's organizations, and public actors / Roisida Aguilar

Scenario V : imperialist scenario. Filipina women's political alterity under US empire, 1912-1937 / Christine Peralta

A look at the struggle for universal suffrage in Puerto Rico through the endeavors of two unusual women, Genara Pagán and Ricarda López de RAmos Casellas / Roxanna Domenech Cruz

Conclusion / Stephanie Mitchell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-399) and index.

ISBN:

0826366147

9780826366146

OCLC:

1417178289