| Description |
1 online resource (x, 290 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Four generations of women fought for the right to vote. This book shows how their grand reform effort overcame resistance from traditionalists fearing social decay, religious leaders citing scriptural prohibitions, and a stodgy political establishment reluctant to share power"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Awakening -- The Quaker -- The World Anti-Slavery Convention -- Home -- The Seneca Falls Convention -- Lucy Stone -- Worcester -- Sojourner Truth -- Susan B. Anthony -- The woman question -- Civil War -- "The negro's hour" -- The new departure -- Wyoming and Utah -- Scandal -- Setbacks in the West -- The new woman -- Colorado -- Transitions -- Sisterhood -- Success in the Pacific West -- Alice Paul -- The winning plan -- War -- Ratification -- Epilogue. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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Suffrage |
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Women -- Suffrage |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poulson, Susan L., 1959- Suffrage Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019] 9781440867880 (DLC) 2019020663 |
| ISBN |
1440867895 electronic book |
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9781440867897 electronic book |
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9781440867880 hardcover |
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