Votes for Women! The American Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment: A Reference Guide
byMarion W. Roydhouse, PhD, is emerita professor of history and founding director of the Center for Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA.
20200731
ABC-CLIO
Pages | 348 |
Topics | Abolition;African American Women and Suffrage;Civil War, The;Failure of the 15th Amendment to Include Women's Vote;Impact of the 19th Amendment;Issue of Race and the Southern Suffrage Campaigns;Lobbyists during World War I;Militant Suffragists;Minor v. Happersett (1875) |
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This contextual narrative of the 70-year-long history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States demonstrates how an important mass political and social movement coalesced into a political force despite class, racial, ethnic, religious, and regional barriers.
Votes for Women! provides an updated consideration of the questions raised by the mass movement to gain equality and access to power in our democracy. It interprets the campaigns for woman suffrage from the 1830s until 1920, analyzes the impact of the 19th amendment, and presents primary documents to allow a glimpse into the minds of those who campaigned for and against woman suffrage.
The book's examination of the 70-year woman suffrage campaign movement shows how the movement faced enormous barriers, was perceived as threatening the very core of accepted beliefs, and was a struggle that showcased the efforts of strong protagonists and brilliant organizers who were intellectually innovative and yet were reflective of the great divides of race, ethnicity, religion, economics, and region existing across the nation. Included within the narrative section are biographies of significant personalities in the movement, such as militant Alice Paul and anti-suffragist Ida Tarbell as well as more commonly known leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
- Documents how suffragists managed to create large, politically sophisticated organizations that conducted massive campaigns without the benefit of modern technology, eventually triumphing over deeply held social conventions, religious beliefs, and strong anti-suffrage opposition
- Includes primary documents that enable readers to hear the voices of the men and women fighting for and against woman suffrage
- Puts the woman suffrage movement in the context of a wider struggle for universal suffrage and democracy, which was fought from the time of the American Revolution through the 20th century
- Provides a readable analysis of the suffrage movement that extends far beyond the traditional focus on a handful of familiar figures, widening the scope to include the Western campaigns; addressing internal conflict over race, class, ethnic, and religious differences; and presents a more balanced interpretation of the militant suffragists
- Supplies a chronology of major events, bibliography, and listing of online resources that add to understanding of the long battle and guide further exploration of the subject
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Votes for Women! The American Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment: A Reference Guide
Author(s): Roydhouse, Marion;Contributors: Roydhouse, Marion;Abstract:This contextual narrative of the 70-year-long history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States demonstrates how an important mass political and social movement coalesced into a political force despite class, racial, ethnic, religious, and regional barriers.
Votes for Women! provides an updated consideration of the questions raised by the mass movement to gain equality and access to power in our democracy. It interprets the campaigns for woman suffrage from the 1830s until 1920, analyzes the impact of the 19th amendment, and presents primary documents to allow a glimpse into the minds of those who campaigned for and against woman suffrage.
The book's examination of the 70-year woman suffrage campaign movement shows how the movement faced enormous barriers, was perceived as threatening the very core of accepted beliefs, and was a struggle that showcased the efforts of strong protagonists and brilliant organizers who were intellectually innovative and yet were reflective of the great divides of race, ethnicity, religion, economics, and region existing across the nation. Included within the narrative section are biographies of significant personalities in the movement, such as militant Alice Paul and anti-suffragist Ida Tarbell as well as more commonly known leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
- Documents how suffragists managed to create large, politically sophisticated organizations that conducted massive campaigns without the benefit of modern technology, eventually triumphing over deeply held social conventions, religious beliefs, and strong anti-suffrage opposition
- Includes primary documents that enable readers to hear the voices of the men and women fighting for and against woman suffrage
- Puts the woman suffrage movement in the context of a wider struggle for universal suffrage and democracy, which was fought from the time of the American Revolution through the 20th century
- Provides a readable analysis of the suffrage movement that extends far beyond the traditional focus on a handful of familiar figures, widening the scope to include the Western campaigns; addressing internal conflict over race, class, ethnic, and religious differences; and presents a more balanced interpretation of the militant suffragists
- Supplies a chronology of major events, bibliography, and listing of online resources that add to understanding of the long battle and guide further exploration of the subject
SortTitle: votes for women! the american woman suffrage movement and the nineteenth amendment: a reference guideAuthor Info:Marion W. RoydhouseauthorMarion W. Roydhouse, PhD, is emerita professor of history and founding director of the Center for Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA.
eISBN-13: 9781440836718Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440836718.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440836701Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 348Publication Date: 20200731Series: Guides to Historic Events in America- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Series Foreword ix10
- Preface xi12
- Introduction—Women Vote: The Brief Episode of New Jersey xv16
- Chronology: Woman Suffrage xxiii24
- Chapter 1. A World of Hope: Abolition and Woman’s Rights, 1807–1861 142
- Chapter 2. The Civil War and the Great Schism, 1861–1870 2970
- Chapter 3. The New Departure and the Rights of Citizens, 1870–1880 5394
- Chapter 4. Woman Suffrage Becomes Respectable, 1870–1900 81122
- Chapter 5. The History of Woman Suffrage and Unification, 1880–1890 107148
- Chapter 6. Out of the Doldrums, 1905–1915 131172
- Chapter 7. New Coalitions, New Suffragists, and New Tactics, 1910–1915 165206
- Chapter 8. The Final Triumph, 1910–1920 193234
- Aftermath—New Voters: What Changed? 229270
- Biographical Essays 237278
- Abigail Jane Scott Duniway (October 22, 1834 to October 11, 1915) 237278
- Kate M. Gordon (July 14, 1861 to August 24, 1932) 238279
- Leonora O’Reilly (February 16, 1870 to April 3, 1927) 239280
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (August 31, 1842 to March 13, 1924) 239280
- Maud Younger (January 1870 to June 1936) 240281
- Primary Documents 243284
- 1. The Nineteenth Amendment as passed and ratified, 1920 243284
- 2. Sojourner Truth, Address to the American Equal Rights Association (1867) 244285
- 3. Debates at the American Equal Rights Association Meeting (1869) 245286
- 4. Virginia L. Minor’s petition to the circuit court of St. Louis County, Missouri, 1872 250291
- 5. The United States of America v. Susan B. Anthony, 1873 253294
- 6. Belle Kearney, “The South and Woman Suffrage,” 1903 258299
- 7. Jane Addams, “The Modern City and the Municipal Franchise for Women,” NAWSA Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, February 7–13, 1906 259300
- 8. Caroline A. Lowe, Address to NAWSA Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 21–26, 1912 261302
- 9. The New York Campaign, 1915 262303
- 10. “Women Must Fight, Says Mrs. Belmont: Suffrage Leader, Ready to Sail for World Convention, Praises Militancy,” New York Times, 1913 267308
- 11. “Mrs. Brannan Tells of Jail Treatment: Asserts That Women Pickets Were Roughly Handled at Occoquan. Demands Removal of Flag. Believes That Attempt Was Made to Break Prisoners Spirit by Torture of Fear,” New York Times, 1917 269310
- 12. “Pickets Are Praised: Dudley Field Malone Talks to Mass Meeting in Their Honor,” Special to the New York Times, 1917 272313
- Appendix: Suffrage Timetable 275316
- Selected Bibliography 277318
- Index 289330
- About the Author 307348