A Century of Votes for Women

A Century of Votes for Women
Author: Christina Wolbrecht
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2020-01-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107187494

Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.

Votes for College Women

Votes for College Women
Author: Kelly L. Marino
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2024-04-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1479825190

"This book explores the College Equal Suffrage League's work to advance the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment, and the woman suffrage activism of students and alumni at colleges, universities, and cities across the United States"--

Winning Women's Votes

Winning Women's Votes
Author: Julia Sneeringer
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2003-04-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807860514

In November 1918, German women gained the right to vote, and female suffrage would forever change the landscape of German political life. Women now constituted the majority of voters, and political parties were forced to address them as political actors for the first time. Analyzing written and visual propaganda aimed at, and frequently produced by, women across the political spectrum--including the Communists and Social Democrats; liberal, Catholic, and conservative parties; and the Nazis--Julia Sneeringer shows how various groups struggled to reconcile traditional assumptions about women's interests with the changing face of the family and female economic activity. Through propaganda, political parties addressed themes such as motherhood, fashion, religion, and abortion. But as Sneeringer demonstrates, their efforts to win women's votes by emphasizing "women's issues" had only limited success. The debates about women in propaganda were symptomatic of larger anxieties that gripped Germany during this era of unrest, Sneeringer says. Though Weimar political culture was ahead of its time in forcing even the enemies of women's rights to concede a public role for women, this horizon of possibility narrowed sharply in the face of political instability, economic crises, and the growing specter of fascism.

Votes for Women

Votes for Women
Author: Kate Clarke Lemay
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0691191174

"Published to accompany the exhibition Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2019-January 5, 2020)"--Colophon.

Women Vote RED

Women Vote RED
Author: Ruth Snow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2019-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781545676769

Women Vote RED inspires and creates a desire to connect with other women to support one another in the vote to keep America great! It is a call to leave negativity behind and move forward with respect, determination and common sense. Drop the fear of speaking in support of the sanctity of life and seek to understand the value of the vote! Learn about the women who previously served the United States and those who are leading today. Take a journey with a real immigrant's story of faith; perseverance and love for the home they found in America! Women Vote RED is an easy read that gives insight into current issues; as well as past issues and gives women encouragement to get involved! Ruth Snow is a Midwesterner, who lives in the "Buckeye" state. She works as an adjunct professor and has previous experience working as a caseworker with the Department of Job and Family Services under policy changes from the Bush and Clinton Administration. She received her undergraduate and MBA as a working mother of two. Ruth has been involved with teaching international students at the collegiate level and ESL to younger students. She is passionate about human services and education and lives with her husband of seventeen years.

Women Will Vote

Women Will Vote
Author: Susan Goodier
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1501713191

Women Will Vote celebrates the 2017 centenary of women’s right to full suffrage in New York State. Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello highlight the activism of rural, urban, African American, Jewish, immigrant, and European American women, as well as male suffragists, both upstate and downstate, that led to the positive outcome of the 1917 referendum. Goodier and Pastorello argue that the popular nature of the women’s suffrage movement in New York State and the resounding success of the referendum at the polls relaunched suffrage as a national issue. If women had failed to gain the vote in New York, Goodier and Pastorello claim, there is good reason to believe that the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment would have been delayed. Women Will Vote makes clear how actions of New York’s patchwork of suffrage advocates heralded a gigantic political, social, and legal shift in the United States. Readers will discover that although these groups did not always collaborate, by working in their own ways toward the goal of enfranchising women they essentially formed a coalition. Together, they created a diverse social and political movement that did not rely solely on the motivating force of white elites and a leadership based in New York City. Goodier and Pastorello convincingly argue that the agitation and organization that led to New York women’s victory in 1917 changed the course of American history.

VOTES FOR WOMEN: Complete History of the Women's Suffrage Movement in U.S.

VOTES FOR WOMEN: Complete History of the Women's Suffrage Movement in U.S.
Author: Harriot Stanton Blatch
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 5773
Release: 2023-12-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This book is produced by women's suffrage leaders: the Great Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage & Ida Husted Harper. It presents the complete history of the women's suffrage movement, primarily in the United States. This edition presents the major source for primary documentation about the women's suffrage movement from its beginnings through the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which enfranchised women in the U.S. in 1920. In addition to the remarkable history of suffrage movements this collection is enriched with the biographies of the most influential figures of American movement for women's suffrage: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, Jane Addams, Lucy Stone, Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul.

Rightfully Ours

Rightfully Ours
Author: Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1883052920

Though the Declaration of Independence stated that &“all men are created equal,&” married women and girls in the early days of the United States had few rights. For better or worse, their lives were controlled by their husbands and fathers. Married women could not own property, and few girls were educated beyond reading and simple math. Women could not work as doctors, lawyers, or in the ministry. Not one woman could vote, but that would change with the tireless efforts of Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Jeannette Rankin, Alice Paul, and thousands of women across the nation. Rightfully Ours tells of the century-long struggle for woman suffrage in the United States, a movement that began alongside the abolitionist cause and continued through the ratification of the 19th amendment. In addition to its lively narrative, this history includes a time line, online resources, and hands-on activities that will give readers a sense of everyday lives of the suffragists. Children will create a banner for suffrage, host a Victorian tea, feel what it was like to wear a corset, and more. And through it all, readers will gain a richer appreciation for women who secured the right to fully participate in American democracy—and why they must never take that right for granted. Kerrie Logan Hollihan is the author of Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids, Theodore Roosevelt for Kids, and Elizabeth I, The People's Queen. She lives in Blue Ash, Ohio.

No Votes for Women

No Votes for Women
Author: Susan Goodier
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0252094670

No Votes for Women explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of voting rights to women. Susan Goodier finds that conservative women who fought against suffrage encouraged women to retain their distinctive feminine identities as protectors of their homes and families, a role they felt was threatened by the imposition of masculine political responsibilities. She details the victories and defeats on both sides of the movement from its start in the 1890s to its end in the 1930s, acknowledging the powerful activism of this often overlooked and misunderstood political force in the history of women's equality.