9780252010057 - One Half the People: Fight for Woman Suffrage von Scott, Anne & Andrew (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. x, 174 pages ; 23 cm ; ISBN: 0252010051 ((pbk.)); 9780252010057 ((pbk.)) LCCN: 82-8563 ; LC: JK1896; Dewey: 324.6/23/0973 ; Contents: pt. 1. One half the people. Consent of the governed -- The making of a movement -- Turning the corner 1896-1916 -- Victory : 1917-1920 -- pt. 2. Documents of the decision. Women in seventeenth-century England -- An early feminist -- "Declaration of sentiments" -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the politics of woman suffrage -- The women suffrage amendment is introduced -- Are women enfranchised by the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments? -- The Supreme Court says women are citizens, but not voters -- Woman's declaration of rights -- "I am a home-loving, law-abiding, tax-paying woman ." -- The making of a suffragist -- Testimony to the Senate -- "Do a majority of women . want the ballot?" -- Carrie Chapman Catt describes the opposition -- "Merely to stay in the home is not enough ." -- The Illinois suffrage campaign -- "On behalf of 7,000,000 wage-earning women ." -- Mrs. Catt's winning plan -- Holding the party in power responsible -- The argument for bipartisanship or nonpartisanship -- Stirring up activity in the home districts -- "The fearless spirit of youth ." -- Making use of every opportunity -- The education of Woodrow Wilson -- "Nothing has been left undone ." -- "The passage of the amendment depends upon your work ." -- Four factors making for success -- Patterns of congressional votes -- The suffragists : a collective sketch -- The electoral thermometer. ; Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1975. ; bump to front cover ; stamp of The Carter Center, Atlanta ; "An Illini Book" ; VG. Book.