When Women Won The Vote: The Final Decade, 1910-1920 / Edition 1

by Sandra Opdycke

Overview

When Women Won the Vote focuses on the final decade (1910–1920) of American women’s fight for the vote—a fight that had already been underway for more than sixty years, and which culminated in the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920.

Sandra Opdycke reveals how woman suffragists campaigned in communities across the country, building a mass movement and tirelessly publicizing their cause. Meanwhile, in Washington DC, the main suffrage organization led by Carrie Chapman Catt courted the President and Congress with diplomatic skill, while the smaller National Woman’s Party, headed by Alice Paul, intensified political pressure with confrontational picketing and demonstrations. Supported by primary documents and online eResources, this book adds context by describing the historical events that shaped this crucial decade in American women’s fight for the vote.

The story of how American women won the vote is a compelling chapter in US women’s history and in the story of American democracy. This book is essential reading for students of American Political or Women’s History, Gender Studies, or Progressivism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138044883
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/27/2019
Series:	Critical Moments in American History
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	736,965
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sandra Opdycke, PhD, is a retired history professor. She has published books about the 1918 flu epidemic, the New Deal’s WPA, and Bellevue Hospital, as well as a biography of Jane Addams, an historical atlas of American women, and several co-authored books on social policy.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction viii

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Timeline xii

Introduction 1

1 The Long Road from Seneca Falls: 1848-1910 7

2 New Life for the State Suffrage Campaigns: 1910-1913 31

3 The Federal Amendment Takes Center Stage: 1913-1917 54

4 Working for Suffrage in Wartime: 1917-1918 79

5 The Culmination: 1918-1920 104

6 Living with Woman Suffrage 128

Documents 153

Bibliography 186

Index 191