Votes for women! : the American woman suffrage movement and the Nineteenth Amendment : a reference guide / Marion W. Roydhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roydhouse, Marion W. (Marion Winifred), 1949- author.

Series:

Guides to historic events in America.

Guides to historic events in America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--19th Amendment.

United States.

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

Women.

Suffragists--United States--History.

Suffragists.

Women's rights--United States--History.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxix, 298 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, [2020]

Summary:

"This book serves as a contextual narrative of the 70-year-long history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States, demonstrating how an important mass political and social movement coalesced into a political force despite class, racial, ethnic, religious, and regional barriers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter 1. A world of hope : abolition and woman's rights, 1807-1861

chapter 2. The Civil War and the great schism, 1861-1870

chapter 3. The new departure and the rights of citizens, 1870-1880

4. Woman suffrage becomes respectable, 1870-1900

chapter 5. The history of woman suffrage and unification, 1880-1890

chapter 6. Out of the doldrums, 1905-1915

chapter 7. New coalitions, new suffragists, and new tactics, 1910-1915

chapter 8. The final triumph, 1910-1920.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798216162773

9781440836718

144083671X

OCLC:

1145099322