1st Edition

When Women Won The Vote The Final Decade, 1910-1920

By Sandra Opdycke Copyright 2020
208 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

When Women Won the Vote focuses on the final decade (1910–1920) of American women’s fight for the vote—a fight that had already been underway for more than sixty years, and which culminated in the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Sandra Opdycke reveals how woman suffragists campaigned in communities across the country, building a mass movement and tirelessly publicizing their cause.... Read more

Series Introduction

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Timeline

Introduction

  1. The Long Road from Seneca Falls: 1848–1910
  2. New Life for the State Suffrage Campaigns: 1910–1913
  3. The Federal Amendment Takes Center Stage: 1913–1917
  4. Working for Suffrage in Wartime: 1917–1918
  5. The Culmination: 1918–1920
  6. Living With Woman Suffrage

Documents

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Sandra Opdycke, PhD, is a retired history professor. She has published books about the 1918 flu epidemic, the New Deal’s WPA, and Bellevue Hospital, as well as a biography of Jane Addams, an historical atlas of American women, and several co-authored books on social policy.