No place for a woman the struggle for suffrage in the wild West

Esther Hobart Morris and woman suffrage in Wyoming -- Beyond the Overland trails : suffrage in Washington and Oregon -- The pride of Colorado : silver and suffrage -- Twice won : woman suffrage in Utah -- Becoming citizens : woman's suffrage in California -- Arizona and New Mexico : two paths t...

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1. Verfasser: Enss, Chris (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Turner, Erin H. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Helena, Montana TwoDot 2020
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Zusammenfassung:Esther Hobart Morris and woman suffrage in Wyoming -- Beyond the Overland trails : suffrage in Washington and Oregon -- The pride of Colorado : silver and suffrage -- Twice won : woman suffrage in Utah -- Becoming citizens : woman's suffrage in California -- Arizona and New Mexico : two paths to suffrage -- Nevada and Montana : a black mark on the map -- The march across the Great Plains -- War work and national suffrage -- Legacy : from Seneca Falls to the League of Women Voters
Explores the history of the fight for women's rights in the West, examining the conditions that prevailed during the vast migration of pioneers looking for free land and opportunity on the frontier, the politics of the emerging Western territories at the end of the Civil War, and the changing social and economic conditions of the country recovering from war and on the brink of the Gilded Age; prominent figures include Esther Hobart Morris, Martha Cannon, and Jeannette Rankin
Beschreibung:xxiv, 197 pages
illustrations, maps
24 cm
ISBN:9781493048915