Bibliograph

Women's suffrage in America, an eyewitness history, Elizabeth Frost and Kathryn Cullen-DuPont

Type

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Women's suffrage in America, an eyewitness history, Elizabeth Frost and Kathryn Cullen-DuPont

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-443) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women's suffrage in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

24319923

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Frost and Kathryn Cullen-DuPont

Series statement

An Eyewitness historyFacts on File library of American history

Sub title

an eyewitness history

Summary

Chronicles the struggle of American women for the right to vote, from 1800 to their victory in 1920. Includes quotations from contemporary witnesses through memoirs, letters, and other documents of the period

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments -- What do women want? 1800-1834 -- Slavery and suffrage: 1835-1839 -- Women overseas--the World Anti-Slavery Convention: 1840-1847 -- Women of Seneca Falls: 1848-1849 -- Wave of agitation: 1850-1854 -- Whiff of scandal--divorce and reform: 1855-1860 -- Civil Wars: 1861-1865 -- Bitter defeats: 1865-1869 -- Separate paths to suffrage: 1870-1879 -- United once more: 1880-1892 -- End of an era: 1893-1906 -- On strike and on parade: 1907-1916 -- To war and victory: 1917-1920 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities

Target audience

juvenile

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