And Yet They Persisted : How American Women Won the Right to Vote

"This scholarly-based, popularly written text engages students with the history of how women overcame two centuries of discrimination, property foreclosures, rotten eggs, jail time, state and federal defeats and racism to win the right to vote. How Women Won the Vote will serve as a welcome text in courses in U.S., Women's Political, or Cultural history. It will also be useful as a reference for graduate seminars or colloquia"-- Provided by publisher Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright Page......Page 6 Contents......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 About the Companion Website......Page 17 Chapter 1 The Dawn of Republican Motherhood......Page 19 Antecedents of Republican Motherhood......Page 20 Winning the War, and the Peace......Page 21 The New Jersey Exception......Page 27 Pursuing Education......Page 32 Chapter 2 Female Activism in Antebellum America......Page 41 The Indian Removal Policy......Page 42 The Lowell Mill Girls......Page 46 The Female Fight Against Slavery......Page 47 Speaking for Women’s Rights......Page 57 Chapter 3 From Female Influence to Women’s Rights......Page 63 The Legacy of Seneca Falls......Page 66 Women of Color and Their Rights......Page 68 The Conventions......Page 71 Civil War......Page 80 Chapter 4 The Fifteenth Amendment......Page 83 Battle Lines......Page 86 Victoria Woodhull......Page 91 The New Departure......Page 93 A Run for the Presidency, and a Sex Scandal......Page 99 Chapter 5 The States as Incubators for Social Change......Page 105 School, Tax, and Municipal Suffrage......Page 108 Awakening Suffrage Foes......Page 112 The Nineteenth-Century Battle in the States......Page 115 Chapter 6 The Coloring of the Electorate......Page 127 The Spanish–American War......Page 128 Losing Women’s Suffrage in Hawaii and Puerto Rico......Page 130 Race, Gender, and Suffrage......Page 134 White Suffragists’ Racist Strategy......Page 136 African American Women Launch Own Campaigns......Page 140 Chapter 7 The Tactical Turn in Women’s Suffrage......Page 149 Class Coalition, Class Conflicts......Page 152 Gender and Militancy......Page 155 The 1913 Procession......Page 158 New Victories in the States......Page 165 Chapter 8 Male Suffragists and the Limits of Self-Interest......Page 171 The Feminization of American Politics......Page 172 Motives......Page 176 Impact on Campaign......Page 181 Normalizing Women’s Suffrage......Page 185 Chapter 9 Campaigning in Wartime......Page 191 The Militants and the Moderates......Page 193 The 1916 Election......Page 196 Picketing the White House......Page 200 World War I......Page 205 Chapter 10 The Long Road to Ratification......Page 213 The Congressional Showdown......Page 214 The Ratification Battle......Page 220 The Fight for Tennessee......Page 227 Chapter 11 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Beyond......Page 235 Women Organize......Page 237 The Movement Rises......Page 244 Winning the Vote in Mississippi and Alabama......Page 246 Women of Color and the Vote......Page 253 Bibliography......Page 257 Index......Page 265 EULA......Page 287 A comprehensive history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States, from 1776 to 1965 Most suffrage histories begin in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first publicly demanded the right to vote at the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And they end in 1920, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, removing sexual barriers to the vote. And Yet They Persisted traces agitation for the vote over two centuries, from the revolutionary era to the civil rights era, excavating one of the greatest struggles for social change in this country and restoring African American women and other women of color to its telling. In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women's suffrage into the metanarrative of U.S. history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as: Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for women How victories in state suffrage campaigns pressured Congress to act Why African American women had to fight again for their rights in 1965 How the struggle by eight generations of female activists finally succeeded And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote his is the ideal text for college courses in women's studies and history covering the women's suffrage movement, as well as courses on American History, Political History, Progressive Era reforms, or reform movements in general.Click here to read Johanna Neuman's two-part blog post about the hidden history of Women's Suffrage as we celebrate the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

A comprehensive history of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, from 1776 to 1965

Most suffrage histories begin in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first publicly demanded the right to vote at the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And they end in 1920, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, removing sexual barriers to the vote. And Yet They Persisted traces agitation for the vote over two centuries, from the revolutionary era to the civil rights era, excavating one of the greatest struggles for social change in this country and restoring African American women and other women of color to its telling. 

In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women’s suffrage into the metanarrative of U.S. history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as:

• Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for women
• How victories in state suffrage campaigns pressured Congress to act
• Why African American women had to fight again for their rights in 1965
• How the struggle by eight generations of female activists finally succeeded

And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote his is the ideal text for college courses in women’s studies and history covering the women’s suffrage movement, as well as courses on American History, Political History, Progressive Era reforms, or reform movements in general.

A comprehensive history of the womens suffrage movement in the United States, from 1776 to 1965 Most suffrage histories begin in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first publicly demanded the right to vote at the Womens Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And they end in 1920, when Tennessee became the 36 th state to ratify the 19 th Amendment, removing sexual barriers to the vote. And Yet They Persisted traces agitation for the vote over two centuries, from the revolutionary era to the civil rights era, excavating one of the greatest struggles for social change in this country and restoring African American women and other women of color to its telling. In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the womens suffrage into the metanarrative of U.S. history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions And Yet They How American Women Won the Right to Vote his is the ideal text for college courses in womens studies and history covering the womens suffrage movement, as well as courses on American History, Political History, Progressive Era reforms, or reform movements in general. Click to read Johanna Neuman's two-part blog postabout the hidden history of Women's Suffrage as we celebrate the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment. And Yet They Persisted traces agitation for the vote over two centuries, from the revolutionary era to the civil rights era, excavating one of the greatest struggles for social change in this country and restoring African American women and other women of color to its telling. Author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for women's suffrage into the metanarrative of U.S. history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for women, how victories in state suffrage campaigns pressured Congress to act, why African American women had to fight again for their rights in 1965, and how the struggle by eight generations of female activists finally succeeded.-- taken from book cover