Bibliograph

Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement, revolutionary reformers, Barbara F. Berenson

Type

Label

Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement, revolutionary reformers, Barbara F. Berenson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1015836357

Responsibility statement

Barbara F. Berenson

Sub title

revolutionary reformers

Summary

"Massachusetts was at the center of the national struggle for women's rights. Long before the Civil War, Lucy Stone and other Massachusetts abolitionists opposed women's exclusion from political life. They launched the organized movement at the first National Woman's Rights Convention, held in Worcester. After the war, state activists founded the Boston-based American Woman Suffrage Association and Woman's Journal to lead campaigns across the country. Their activities laid the foundation for the next generation of suffragists to triumph over tradition. Author Barbara Berenson gives these revolutionary reformers the attention they deserve in this compelling and engaging story"--book cover

Table Of Contents

The birth of a movement -- The convention decade -- War and schism -- Decades of division -- Setbacks in Massachusetts -- The National American Woman Suffrage Association -- New alliances -- New tactics -- A second national schism -- The Referendum of 1915 -- The winning plan

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