Bibliograph

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The woman's hour, the great fight to win the vote, Elaine Weiss

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 657-788)

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illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The woman's hour

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bibliography

Oclc number

1027737646

Responsibility statement

Elaine Weiss

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Sub title

the great fight to win the vote

Summary

Nashville, August 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, granting all women the vote, is on the verge of ratification -- or defeat. Out of the thirty-six states needed, thirty-five have approved it, and one last state is still in play -- Tennessee. After a seven-decade crusade to win the ballot, this is the moment of truth for the suffragists, and Nashville becomes a frenzied battleground as the enormous forces allied for and against women's suffrage make their last stand. Elaine Weiss recasts the saga of women's quest for the vote by focusing on the campaign's last six weeks, when it all came down to one ambivalent state

Table Of Contents

To Nashville -- Lay of the land -- The feminist peril -- The woman question -- Democracy at home -- The Governor's quandary -- The blessing -- On account of sex -- Front porch -- Home and Heaven -- The woman's hour -- Cranking the machine -- Prison pin -- Fieldwork -- A real and threatening danger -- War of the roses -- In justice to womanhood -- Terrorizing Tennessee manhood -- Petticoat government -- Armageddon -- The hour has come -- Liberty Bell -- Election Day

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