The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote / Elaine Weiss.

An account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders. "The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weiss, Elaine F., 1952- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York : Viking, [2018]
Subjects:	United States. > Constitution. > 19th Amendment > History. Constitution (United States) Women > Suffrage > United States > History > 20th century. Suffragists > United States > History. Women > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century. Suffragists. Women > Political activity. Women > Suffrage. United States. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. HISTORY / Women. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections. 1900-1999 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	404 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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.