The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States

ISBN-13: 9780367487621 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 216 str.

Joan Marie Johnson

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Part I: Background  1. Introduction  Part II: Analysis  2. Early Demands for Women's Rights  3. Women in the Anti-Slavery Movement  4. Women's Rights Convention Begin  5. Suffrage and Citizenship after the Civil War  6. The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the "Home Protection Ballot," and Women's Clubs  7. State Suffrage Compaigns in the Nineteenth Century  8. The Suffrage Movement Expands  9. Infighting at NAWSA Headquarters  10. Victory in California  11. Suffragists Take to the Streets  12. Rival National Associations  13. The Public Relations Campaign to Win Support for Suffrage  14. Campaign Strategy in Illinois, Iowa, and New York  15. Lobbying Congress for the Nineteenth Amendment  16. The NWP and NAWSA in South Carolina, New Mexico, and Texas  17. Suffragists Win Supprt in Congress for a Federal Amendment  18. Tennessee: the Thirty-Sixth State to Ratify the Nineteenth Amendment  Part III: Assessment  19. Conclusion: The Nineteenth Amendment and Voting Rights from 1920 to the Present  Part IV: Documents

O autorze

Joan Marie Johnson is Director for Faculty at Northwestern University, USA. She has written extensively about the history of women and gender, philanthropy, feminism, race, social reform, and education.