| Description |
404 pages, 11 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 |
Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have approved the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote; one last state -Tennessee- is needed for women's voting rights to be the law of the land. The suffragists face vicious opposition from politicians, clergy, corporations, and racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the "Antis"--Women who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the nation's moral collapse. And in one hot summer, they all converge for a confrontation, replete with booze and blackmail, betrayal and courage. Following a handful of remarkable women who led their respective forces into battle, The Woman's Hour is the gripping story of how America's women won their own freedom, and the opening campaign in the great twentieth-century battles for civil rights. |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution. 19th Amendment -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage -- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Suffragists -- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century.
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Suffragists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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HISTORY -- Women.
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Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075
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Suffragists. (OCoLC)fst01137197
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Women -- Suffrage.
(OCoLC)fst01176996
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Tennessee. (OCoLC)fst01205353
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Suffragists -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780143128991 (paperback) |
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014312899X (paperback) |
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9780698407831 (ebook) |
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