Splintered sisterhood: gender and class in the campaign against woman suffrage
Auteur :
Marshall, Susan E.
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299154646
Date de publication :
31 juil. 1997
Dimensions :
22,5 x 15,0 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
478 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing on surviving records of antisuffrage organizations, the author argues that antisuffrage women organized to protect gendered class interests rather than an ideal of "true womanhood". The book reveals an increasingly militant style as powerful women sought to exclude "the ignorant vote"