Century of Struggle : The Woman’s Rights Movement in the United States, Enlarged Edition

Century of Struggle tells the story of one of the great social movements in American history. The struggle for women's voting rights was one of the longest, most successful, and in some respects most radical challenges ever posed to the American system of electoral politics. "The book you are about to read tells the story of one of the great social movements in American history. The struggle for women's voting rights was one of the longest, most successful, and in some respects most radical challenges ever posed to the American system of electoral politics... It is difficult to imagine now a time when women were largely removed by custom, practice, and law from the formal political rights and responsibilities that supported and sustained the nation's young democracy... For sheer drama the suffrage movement has few equals in modern American political history." --From the Preface by Ellen Fitzpatrick The Book You Are About To Read Tells The Story Of One Of The Great Social Movements In American History. The Struggle For Women's Voting Rights Was One Of The Longest, Most Successful, And In Some Respects Most Radical Challenges Ever Posed To The American System Of Electoral Politics ... It Is Difficult To Imagine Now A Time When Women Were Largely Removed By Custom, Practice, And Law From The Formal Political Rights And Responsibilities That Supported And Sustained The Nation's Young Democracy ... For Sheer Drama The Suffrage Movement Has Few Equals In Modern American Political History.--back Cover. Part One. 1. The Position 0f American Women Up To 1800 --- 2. Early Steps Toward Equal Education --- 3. The Beginnings Of Organization Among Women --- 4. The Beginnings Of Reform --- 5. The Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 --- 6. From Seneca Falls To The Civil War ---- Part Two. 7. The Civil War --- 8. The Intellectual Progress Of Women, 1860-1875 --- 9. Women In The Trade Unions, 1860-1875 --- 10. The Emergence Of A Suffrage Movement --- 11. First Victories In The West --- 12. Breaking Ground For Suffrage --- 13. The Growth Of Women's Organizations --- 14. Women In The Knights Of Labor And The Early A.f. Of L. --- 15. The Reform Era And Woman's Rights --- 16. The Unification Of The Suffrage Movement ---- Part Three. 17. Entering The Twentieth Century --- 18. Into The Mainstream Of Organized Labor --- 19. The Suffrage Movement Comes Of Age, 1906-1913 --- 20. New Life In The Federal Amendment, 1914-1916 --- 21. Theturn Ofthetide, 1916-1918 --- 22. Who Opposed Woman Suffrage? --- 23. A Hard-won Victory, 1918-1920 --- 24. Conclusion. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [338]-340] And Index. Century of Struggle tells the story of one of the great social movements in American history. The struggle for women’s voting rights was one of the longest, most successful, and in some respects most radical challenges ever posed to the American system of electoral politics.“The book you are about to read tells the story of one of the great social movements in American history. The struggle for women’s voting rights was one of the longest, most successful, and in some respects most radical challenges ever posed to the American system of electoral politics... It is difficult to imagine now a time when women were largely removed by custom, practice, and law from the formal political rights and responsibilities that supported and sustained the nation’s young democracy... For sheer drama the suffrage movement has few equals in modern American political history.”—From the Preface by Ellen Fitzpatrick Century of Struggle tells the story of one of the greatsocial movements in American history. The struggle for women'svoting rights was one of the longest, most successful, and in somerespects most radical challenges ever posed to the American systemof electoral politics. "The book you are about to read tellsthe story of one of the great social movements in American history.The struggle for women's voting rights was one of the longest, mostsuccessful, and in some respects most radical challenges ever posedto the American system of electoral politics... It is difficult toimagine now a time when women were largely removed by custom,practice, and law from the formal political rights andresponsibilities that supported and sustained the nation's youngdemocracy... For sheer drama the suffrage movement has few equals inmodern American political history."-From the Preface by EllenFitzpatrick __Century of Struggle__ tells the story of one of the great social movements in American history. The struggle for women's voting rights was one of the longest, most successful, and in some respects most radical challenges ever posed to the American system of electoral politics.