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

Publication Info.	New York : Viking, 2018.
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Description	404 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page [345]-391) and index.
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.
Summary	An account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.
	"The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history. 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 artfully 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."--Dust jacket.
Subject	United States. Constitution. 19th Amendment -- History.
	Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075
	United States Constitution 19th Amendment -- History.
	Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Suffragists -- United States -- History.
	Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Suffragists. (OCoLC)fst01137197
	Women -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst01734136
	Women -- Suffrage. (OCoLC)fst01176996
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Suffragists -- United States -- History.
	Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	0525429727 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
	9780525429722 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)

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