The Woman in American HistoryAddison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 - 207 pages |
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Page 84
... failed to be adopted ; only the vigorous supporting speech of the ex - slave and great black leader , Frederick Douglass , helped to secure enough votes to pass it by a small majority . For most women , suffrage was a remote concept ...
... failed to be adopted ; only the vigorous supporting speech of the ex - slave and great black leader , Frederick Douglass , helped to secure enough votes to pass it by a small majority . For most women , suffrage was a remote concept ...
Page 104
... failed , rioted . Bread riots , usually made up of the half - starved , ragged moth- ers and wives of volunteers , swept the cities as the war deep- ened . The most spectacular and violent of these took place in New York City , New ...
... failed , rioted . Bread riots , usually made up of the half - starved , ragged moth- ers and wives of volunteers , swept the cities as the war deep- ened . The most spectacular and violent of these took place in New York City , New ...
Page 143
... failed to materialize . Instead , class , race , and ethnic factors proved to be decisive in motivating voting behavior . American women have to this day achieved no more than token political representation . As more and more lower ...
... failed to materialize . Instead , class , race , and ethnic factors proved to be decisive in motivating voting behavior . American women have to this day achieved no more than token political representation . As more and more lower ...
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References to this book
Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |