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Votes for Women! The American Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment
By Roydhouse, Marion
- ISBN
- 9781440836701
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO. (Guides to Historic Events in America)
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Reviewed on October 1, 2020 | Reference
Roydhouse (emerita, history, founding director, Ctr. for Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning, Thomas Jefferson Univ.) tells the story of how American women earned the right to vote through the lens of those who directly fought in suffrage campaigns. Examining their actions in the context of economic, political, and social issues unfolding in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries, she illustrates how women organized and put pressure on the U.S. political system, resulting in white women being allowed to participate in local, stat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
