Title Before equal suffrage : women in partisan politics from colonial times to 1920 / Robert J. Dinkin.

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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995.

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Description	166 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 152
	Contributions in women's studies ; no. 152. 0147-104X
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-159) and index.
Contents	Ch. 1. The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods -- Ch. 2. The Early National and Jacksonian Periods -- Ch. 3. The Civil War Period -- Ch. 4. The Postwar Decades: Suffrage and Politics -- Ch. 5. Reform Politics and Partisan Activity -- Ch. 6. Women Begin to Vote -- Ch. 7. Politics and the Suffrage Amendment.
Summary	Dispelling the myth that women became involved in partisan politics only after they obtained the vote, this study uses contemporary newspaper sources to show that women were active in the party struggle long before 1920. Although their role was initially limited to attending rallies and hosting picnics, they gradually began to use their pens and voices to support party tickets. By the late 19th century, women spoke at party functions and organized all-female groups to help canvass neighborhoods and get out the vote. In the early suffrage states of the West, they voted in increasing numbers and.
Subject	Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
	Women -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst01734136
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Frau (DE-588)4018202-2
	Politik (DE-588)4046514-7
	United States (DE-588)4078704-7
	Frau.
	Geschichte 1648-1920.
	United States.
Indexed Term	Politics Participation of Women History
	United States
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Dinkin, Robert J. Before equal suffrage. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995 (OCoLC)652274099
ISBN	0313294828 (alk. paper)
	9780313294822 (alk. paper)

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