The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote
2018
324.62 W429 2018
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Title
The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote
Variant Title
Great fight to win the vote
Published
New York : Viking, 2018.
Description
404 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
324.62 W429 2018
System Control No.
(OCoLC)993691626
Note
An account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-391) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- To Nashville -- Lay of the land -- The feminist peril -- The woman question -- Democracy at home -- The Governor's quandary -- The blessing -- On account of sex -- Front porch -- Home and Heaven -- The woman's hour -- Cranking the machine -- Prison pin -- Fieldwork -- A real and threatening danger -- War of the roses -- In justice to womanhood -- Terrorizing Tennessee manhood -- Petticoat government -- Armageddon -- The hour has come -- Liberty Bell -- Election Day -- Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-391) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- To Nashville -- Lay of the land -- The feminist peril -- The woman question -- Democracy at home -- The Governor's quandary -- The blessing -- On account of sex -- Front porch -- Home and Heaven -- The woman's hour -- Cranking the machine -- Prison pin -- Fieldwork -- A real and threatening danger -- War of the roses -- In justice to womanhood -- Terrorizing Tennessee manhood -- Petticoat government -- Armageddon -- The hour has come -- Liberty Bell -- Election Day -- Epilogue.
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