And yet they persisted: how American women won the right to vote

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
About the Companion Website......Page 17
Chapter 1 The Dawn of Republican Motherhood......Page 19
 Antecedents of Republican Motherhood......Page 20
 Winning the War, and the Peace......Page 21
 The New Jersey Exception......Page 27
 Pursuing Education......Page 32
Chapter 2 Female Activism in Antebellum America......Page 41
 The Indian Removal Policy......Page 42
 The Lowell Mill Girls......Page 46
 The Female Fight Against Slavery......Page 47
 Speaking for Women’s Rights......Page 57
Chapter 3 From Female Influence to Women’s Rights......Page 63
 The Legacy of Seneca Falls......Page 66
 Women of Color and Their Rights......Page 68
 The Conventions......Page 71
 Civil War......Page 80
Chapter 4 The Fifteenth Amendment......Page 83
 Battle Lines......Page 86
 Victoria Woodhull......Page 91
 The New Departure......Page 93
 A Run for the Presidency, and a Sex Scandal......Page 99
Chapter 5 The States as Incubators for Social Change......Page 105
 School, Tax, and Municipal Suffrage......Page 108
 Awakening Suffrage Foes......Page 112
 The Nineteenth-Century Battle in the States......Page 115
Chapter 6 The Coloring of the Electorate......Page 127
 The Spanish–American War......Page 128
 Losing Women’s Suffrage in Hawaii and Puerto Rico......Page 130
 Race, Gender, and Suffrage......Page 134
 White Suffragists’ Racist Strategy......Page 136
 African American Women Launch Own Campaigns......Page 140
Chapter 7 The Tactical Turn in Women’s Suffrage......Page 149
 Class Coalition, Class Conflicts......Page 152
 Gender and Militancy......Page 155
 The 1913 Procession......Page 158
 New Victories in the States......Page 165
Chapter 8 Male Suffragists and the Limits of Self-Interest......Page 171
 The Feminization of American Politics......Page 172
 Motives......Page 176
 Impact on Campaign......Page 181
 Normalizing Women’s Suffrage......Page 185
Chapter 9 Campaigning in Wartime......Page 191
 The Militants and the Moderates......Page 193
 The 1916 Election......Page 196
 Picketing the White House......Page 200
 World War I......Page 205
Chapter 10 The Long Road to Ratification......Page 213
 The Congressional Showdown......Page 214
 The Ratification Battle......Page 220
 The Fight for Tennessee......Page 227
Chapter 11 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Beyond......Page 235
 Women Organize......Page 237
 The Movement Rises......Page 244
 Winning the Vote in Mississippi and Alabama......Page 246
 Women of Color and the Vote......Page 253
Bibliography......Page 257
Index......Page 265
EULA......Page 287