The women's suffrage movement

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"Comprised of historical texts spanning two centuries with commentary on each period by the editor, this book covers the major issues and figures involved in the women's suffrage movement with a special focus on diversity, incorporating race, class, and gender. The writings of such figures as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are featured alongside accounts of Native American women and African American suffragists such as Sarah Mapps Douglas and Harriet Purvis"--

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Title Statements

Full title :The women's suffrage movement / edited with an introduction by Sally Roesch Wagner ; foreword by Gloria Steinem.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:New York, New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:xxxiii, 519 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780143132431, 0143132431
oclc:on1035822978
LC Classification:JK1896
Dewey Decimal:324.6/230973

Women voted before the United States was formed -- Women organized before Seneca Falls -- The 1850s : the movement takes off -- The 1860s : in full stride, the war's setback, and regrouping after -- The 1870s : a decade of progress, loss, and refining tactics -- The 1880s : a decade of progress and danger -- The 1890s : suffrage victories and moral decay -- The 1900s : consolidating power -- 1910 : nearing the finish line for suffrage -- 1920 : the final victory.

I. WOMEN VOTED BEFORE THE UNITED STATES WAS FORMED -- 1. “The Remnant of the Five Nations,”by Matilda Joslyn Gage, the (New York) Evening Post, ,September 24, 1875 -- 2. Woman, Church and State, by Matilda Joslyn Gage, 1893 -- 3. “Indian Citizenship,” by Matilda Joslyn Gage, National Citizen and Ballot Box, May 1878 -- 4. “The Matriarchate, or Mother-Age,” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, February 1891 -- 5. “The Legal Condition of Indian Women,” Alice Fletcher’s speech at the 1888 International Council of Women -- 6. “The Rights and Condition of Women,” sermon by Samuel J. May, November 1845 -- II. WOMEN ORGANIZED BEFORE SENECA FALLS -- 1. “Preceding Causes,” by Matilda Joslyn Gage, published in History of Woman Suffr…

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Act… Femmes -- Suffrage -- États-Unis History United States Women -- Suffrage Women -- Suffrage -- United States Women's rights Women's rights -- History. -- United St… Women's rights -- United States