| Description |
xi, 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color), map ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"Published to accompany the exhibition Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2019-January 5, 2020)"--Colophon. |
| Summary |
"Marking the centenary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Votes for Women celebrates past efforts while looking toward what actions we might take in the future to further support women's equality"--Introduction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-267) and index. |
| Contents |
Director's foreword / Kim Sajet -- Introduction / Kate Clarke Lemay -- To fight by remembering, or the making of Seneca Falls / Lisa Tetrault -- The politics of black womanhood, 1848-2008 / Martha S. Jones -- A woman's place: organized resistance to the franchise / Susan Goodier -- "Où sont les dames?": Suffragists and the American women's oversea hospitals unit in France during World War I / Kate Clarke Lemay -- Catalogue / Kate Clarke Lemay: Radical women, 1832-1869 -- Women activists, 1870-1892 -- The new woman, 1893-1912 -- Compelling tactics, 1913-1916 -- Militancy in the American suffragist movement, 1917-1919 -- The Nineteenth Amendment and its legacy, 1920 to today. |
| Subject |
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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Suffragists -- United States -- History.
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Women's rights -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1832-1965.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Suffragists. (OCoLC)fst01137197
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Women -- Suffrage.
(OCoLC)fst01176996
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Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1832-1965
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Goodier, Susan, author.
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Jones, Martha S., author.
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Tetrault, Lisa (Lisa Marguerite), author.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), hosting institution.
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| ISBN |
9780691191171 hardcover |
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0691191174 hardcover |
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