Gilded suffragists : the New York socialites who fought for women's right to vote

Gilded suffragists : the New York socialites who fought for women's right to vote

New York socialites who fought for women's right to vote

New York : Washington Mews Books, and imprint of New York University Press, 2017.

201 p., [29] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

324.62 N489 2017

(OCoLC)982431685

New York City's elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names--Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt, Whitney and the like--carried enormous public value. Neuman restores these women to their rightful place in the story of women's suffrage. Understanding the need for popular approval for any social change, these socialites used their wealth, power, social connections and style to excite mainstream interest and to diffuse resistance to the cause.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
Contents: A club of their own -- The celebrity endorsement -- The birth of a rivalry -- A rivalry collapses -- The gilded face of modernity -- Mere men -- The tactical turn -- The great wars -- Who won suffrage?
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