No Vote for Women : The Denial of Suffrage in Reconstruction America

From 1865, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led campaigns for equal rights for all but were ultimately defeated by a Congress and reformers intent on applying suffrage established with constitutional amendments and legislation to men only. Ignoring all women, black and white, advocates argued that enfranchising black men would solve race problems, masking the effect on women. This book weaves Anthony's and Stanton's campaigns together with national and congressional events, in the process uncovering relationships among these events and revealing the devastating impact on the women and their campaign for civil rights for all citizens. The Negro's hour Men only Women need not apply On their own That word "male" Petitions, obstruction, and reform The American Equal Rights Association The Fourteenth Amendment and that word "male" Censorship, suffrage campaigning and New York State Campaign penury, organizational skills and cooperation Equal suffrage for Washington, D.C. Woman's champion Stanton speaks The war of the politicians Enter Kansas The end of cooperation Stepping forward in Kansas Not another man AERA discord Anti-woman sentiment Fighting on two fronts Albany goes down Kansas heats up Another Albany skirmish The women's money stolen Reinforcements Kansas: men v. citizens Desperate measures Waiting for train Unprecedented audiences Against men's arguments against women Campaigning for the forgotten woman One of the best misunderstood statesmen Women at the polls No press, pulpit or politicians Finding their voice The aftermath. "From 1865, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led campaigns for equal rights for all but were ultimately defeated. This book weaves Anthony's and Stanton's campaigns together with national and congressional events, in the process uncovering relationships between events and revealing the devastating impact on the women and their campaign for civil rights for all citizens"-- Provided by publisher