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The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote

The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote

Weiss, Elaine, 1952- author.
Large Print 2018

Nashville, August 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, granting all women the vote, is on the verge of ratification -- or defeat. Out of the thirty-six states needed, thirty-five have approved it, and one last state is still in play -- Tennessee. After a seven-decade crusade to win the ballot, this is the moment of truth for the suffragists, and Nashville becomes a frenzied battleground as the enormous forces allied for and against...

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Suffragists United States History
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Women Political activity United States History 20th century
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ISBN:
9781432849771
1432849778
Edition:
Large print edition
Description:
791 pages (large print), 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, portraits, facsimilies, map ; 23 cm
large print
Notes:
Originally published: New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, [2018]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 657-788)
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
LCCN:
2018004877
Control Number:
2491450
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