"A political combat memoir like no other, suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt takes us to the front lines of the Votes for Women battlefields — in the states and in Congress — as American women fight for the franchise. With candor and flashes of wry humor, Catt offers sharp insights into the social, political, and economic forces arrayed against her cause, revealing the strategies that finally brought the suffragists' seven-decade campaign to dramatic victory. Woman Suffrage and Politics is not only a fascinating firsthand account of a major civil rights struggle, but a valuable gu... Read More
"A political combat memoir like no other, suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt takes us to the front lines of the Votes for Women battlefields — in the states and in Congress — as American women fight for the franchise. With candor and flashes of wry humor, Catt offers sharp insights into the social, political, and economic forces arrayed against her cause, revealing the strategies that finally brought the suffragists' seven-decade campaign to dramatic victory. Woman Suffrage and Politics is not only a fascinating firsthand account of a major civil rights struggle, but a valuable gu... Read More
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"A political combat memoir like no other, suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt takes us to the front lines of the Votes for Women battlefields — in the states and in Congress — as American women fight for the franchise. With candor and flashes of wry humor, Catt offers sharp insights into the social, political, and economic forces arrayed against her cause, revealing the strategies that finally brought the suffragists' seven-decade campaign to dramatic victory. Woman Suffrage and Politics is not only a fascinating firsthand account of a major civil rights struggle, but a valuable guidebook for today’s political activists." — Elaine Weiss, author of The Woman's Hour
Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women, was a leader of the women's suffrage movement and a tireless campaigner for giving women the right to vote. She and suffragist Nettie Rogers Shuler reveal the inside story of the struggle from 1848 to 1922. Catt and Shuler propose that rather than a lack of public support for woman suffrage, the movement was stymied by certain interests in the U.S. political system that controlled public sentiment and deflected information in order to delay the Nineteenth amendment's passage. They note that 26 other countries gave women the right to vote before the United States, and they offer their own insights as to why. As 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the amendment's ratification, this landmark work forms an important aid to understanding how the battle was won and the extensive debt we owe to those who fought it.
Reprint of the Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1923 edition.
Details
Price: $24.95
Pages: 512
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 21st May 2020
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
ISBN: 9780486842059
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / General HISTORY / Women POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics
Author Bio
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947) was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement who campaigned for the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. She was the founder of the League of Women Voters and of the International Alliance of Women.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Why the Book Is Written 1. How the Woman Suffrage Movement Began 2. The Averted Triumph 3. That Adjective Male 4. The Negro's Hour v. Negro Suffrage as a Political Necessity 6. The First Victory 7. Politics after the War 8. Two Amendments and Many Women 9. The Woman's Hour That Never Came 10. The Invisible Enemy 11. Special Handicaps and Hazards 12. A New Impulse 13. Illinois: A Turning Point 14. The Story of Ohio 15. The Story of Iowa 16. Woman Suffrage by Federal Amendment 17. The Crises of 1916 18. The Fighting Forces 19. The Decisive Battle 20. More Victories and More Defeats 21. The Congress of the United States Surrenders 22. Campaigning for Ratification 23. Hard Work for Special Sessions 24. The Legal Tests Begin 25. Adding Up the Ratification Column 26. Last of All Suffrage Conventions 27. The Opposition Grows Grimmer 28. The Struggle for the Thirty-Sixth State 29. The Supreme Court Speaks 30. Tennessee 31. The States That Did Not Ratify 32. Conclusion Chronological Record of the Winning of Woman Suffrage by Federal Amendment Notes Index
"A political combat memoir like no other, suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt takes us to the front lines of the Votes for Women battlefields — in the states and in Congress — as American women fight for the franchise. With candor and flashes of wry humor, Catt offers sharp insights into the social, political, and economic forces arrayed against her cause, revealing the strategies that finally brought the suffragists' seven-decade campaign to dramatic victory. Woman Suffrage and Politics is not only a fascinating firsthand account of a major civil rights struggle, but a valuable guidebook for today’s political activists." — Elaine Weiss, author of The Woman's Hour
Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women, was a leader of the women's suffrage movement and a tireless campaigner for giving women the right to vote. She and suffragist Nettie Rogers Shuler reveal the inside story of the struggle from 1848 to 1922. Catt and Shuler propose that rather than a lack of public support for woman suffrage, the movement was stymied by certain interests in the U.S. political system that controlled public sentiment and deflected information in order to delay the Nineteenth amendment's passage. They note that 26 other countries gave women the right to vote before the United States, and they offer their own insights as to why. As 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the amendment's ratification, this landmark work forms an important aid to understanding how the battle was won and the extensive debt we owe to those who fought it.
Reprint of the Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1923 edition.
Price: $24.95
Pages: 512
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 21st May 2020
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
ISBN: 9780486842059
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / General HISTORY / Women POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947) was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement who campaigned for the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. She was the founder of the League of Women Voters and of the International Alliance of Women.
CONTENTS
Why the Book Is Written 1. How the Woman Suffrage Movement Began 2. The Averted Triumph 3. That Adjective Male 4. The Negro's Hour v. Negro Suffrage as a Political Necessity 6. The First Victory 7. Politics after the War 8. Two Amendments and Many Women 9. The Woman's Hour That Never Came 10. The Invisible Enemy 11. Special Handicaps and Hazards 12. A New Impulse 13. Illinois: A Turning Point 14. The Story of Ohio 15. The Story of Iowa 16. Woman Suffrage by Federal Amendment 17. The Crises of 1916 18. The Fighting Forces 19. The Decisive Battle 20. More Victories and More Defeats 21. The Congress of the United States Surrenders 22. Campaigning for Ratification 23. Hard Work for Special Sessions 24. The Legal Tests Begin 25. Adding Up the Ratification Column 26. Last of All Suffrage Conventions 27. The Opposition Grows Grimmer 28. The Struggle for the Thirty-Sixth State 29. The Supreme Court Speaks 30. Tennessee 31. The States That Did Not Ratify 32. Conclusion Chronological Record of the Winning of Woman Suffrage by Federal Amendment Notes Index
