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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.
What was it like to be among the founders of the women's movement in the middle of the nineteenth century, with no script to follow and self-doubt dogging their every move? This book not only reminds us of the laws that conspired against women's equality in the post-Civil War United States, but it also illustrates—through the eyes of the suffragists themselves—the cultural and religious norms that had held women in second-class status for centuries. Early suffragists grappled with isolation and outright hostility as they lectured around the nation, even as they tried to reassure the public that politicized women would still serve the family. Others espoused outrage by organizing public protests.
This book shows how lasting political change comes about through a combination of working from within the system and outside of it, and deftly illustrates the tensions within the movement. Although the vote was finally won in 1920, it was not without tremendous sacrifice. The book lays bare the strategies that led to the single-minded focus on the vote and the consequences of postponing action on so many other issues that remained for later generations to address, including reproductive freedom, labor rights, and equal pay.
Contents
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Awakening
Chapter 2 The Quaker
Chapter 3 The World Anti-Slavery Convention: June 12-23, 1840
Chapter 4 Home
Chapter 5 The Seneca Falls Convention
Chapter 6 Lucy Stone
Chapter 7 Worcester
Chapter 8 Sojourner Truth
Chapter 9 Susan B. Anthony
Chapter 10 The Woman Question
Chapter 11 Civil War
Chapter 12 The Negro's Hour
Chapter 13 The New Departure
Chapter 14 Wyoming and Utah
Chapter 15 Scandal
Chapter 16 Setbacks in the West
Chapter 17 The New Woman
Chapter 18 Colorado
Chapter 19 Transitions
Chapter 20 Sisterhood
Chapter 21 Success in the Pacific West
Chapter 22 Alice Paul
Chapter 23 The Winning Plan
Chapter 24 War
Chapter 25 Ratification
Chapter 26 Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Index
