The U.S. Women's Jury Movements and Strategic Adaptation

The U.S. Women's Jury Movements and Strategic Adaptation
Author: Holly J. McCammon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1107378508

When women won the vote in the United States in 1920 they were still routinely barred from serving as jurors, but some began vigorous campaigns for a place in the jury box. This book tells the story of how women mobilized in fifteen states to change jury laws so that women could gain this additional right of citizenship. Some campaigns quickly succeeded; others took substantially longer. The book reveals that when women strategically adapted their tactics to the broader political environment, they were able to speed up the pace of jury reform, while less strategic movements took longer. A comparison of the more strategic women's jury movements with those that were less strategic shows that the former built coalitions with other women's groups, took advantage of political opportunities, had past experience in seeking legal reforms and confronted tensions and even conflict within their ranks in ways that bolstered their action.

Colorado River Storage Project

Colorado River Storage Project
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1318
Release: 1954
Genre: Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
ISBN:

Extraordinary Women of the Rocky Mountain West

Extraordinary Women of the Rocky Mountain West
Author:
Publisher: Pikes Peak Library District
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2010
Genre: Rocky Mountains Region
ISBN: 1567352774

Contains papers presented at the fourth annual Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium held June 9, 2007 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Profiles a number of prominent and exceptional women throughout the history of the Rocky Mountain West and highlights the political, cultural, economic and social conditions which these women helped to shape.

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Total Pages: 48
Release: 1947
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