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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Washington mews books
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1. A Club of Their Own; 2. The Celebrity Endorsement; 3. The Birth of a Rivalry; 4. A Rivalry Collapses; 5. The Gilded Face of Modernity; 6. Mere Men; 7. The Tactical Turn; 8. The Great Wars; 9. Who Won Suffrage?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
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. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance of their costume balls and the opulence of the French couture clothes, and they leveraged their social celebrity for political power, turning women's right to vote into a fashionable cause. Although they were dismissed by critics as bored socialites "trying on suffrage as they might the latest couture designs from Paris," these gilded suffragists were at the epicenter of the great reforms known collectively as the Progressive Era. From championing education for women, to pursuing careers, and advocating for the end of marriage, these women were engaged with the swirl of change that swept through the streets of New York City. Johanna 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. In the end, as Neuman says, when change was in the air, these women helped push women's suffrage over the finish line. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women -- Suffrage -- New York (State) -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage. |
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New York (State) |
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History. |
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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United States. |
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Suffragists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Suffragists. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Biographies.
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Suffragists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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Socialites -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Socialites. |
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Elite (Social sciences) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Elite (Social sciences) |
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
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National Book Committee. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Suffragettes. |
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Neuman, Johanna. Gilded suffragists. New York : Washington Mews Books, and imprint of New York University Press, 2017 9781479837069 (DLC) 2017003762 (OCoLC)982431685 |
| ISBN |
9781479877515 (electronic book) |
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1479877514 (electronic book) |
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9781479837069 |
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1479837067 |
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