The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote /

The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote / Elaine Weiss.

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"Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing forces include politicia...

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Main Author: Weiss, Elaine F., 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2018]
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 19th Amendment > History.
Constitution (United States)
Women > Suffrage > Tennessee > History > 20th century.
Women > Suffrage > United States > History > 20th century.
Suffragists > Tennessee > History > 20th century.
Suffragists > United States > History > 20th century.
Suffragists.
Women > Suffrage.
Tennessee.
United States.
History.
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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