About this title: By the end of 1914, almost every Western state and territory had enfranchised its female citizens in the greatest innovation in participatory democracy since Reconstruction. These Western successes stand in profound contrast to the East, where few women voted until after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, and the South, where African American men were systematically disenfranchised. How did the frontier West leap ahead of the rest of the nation in the enfranchisement of the majority of its citizens? In this provocative new study, Rebecca J. Mead shows that Western suffrage ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780814757222ISBN:0814757227
Description: New. View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction. "In this densely written and tightly argued work, Mead (Northern Michigan Univ. ) presents answers to the often asked question of why woman suffrage was accomplished in the US West well before it was... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York University Press
ISBN-13:9780814757222ISBN:0814757227
Description: View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction. "In this densely written and tightly argued work, Mead (Northern Michigan Univ. ) presents answers to the often asked question of why woman suffrage was accomplished in the US West well before it was in the East. " — "Choice""In this superb study...Rebecca J. Mead convincingly demonstrates the importance of the region to understanding the success of the national suffrage movement. " — "American Historical Review""This concise book ... read more
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