The suffragents how women used men to get the vote /
"The Suffragents is the untold story of how some of New York's most powerful men formed the Men's League for Woman Suffrage, which grew between 1909 and 1917 from 150 founding members into a force of thousands across thirty-five states. Brooke Kroeger explores the formation of the Lea...
| Main Author: | Kroeger, Brooke, 1949- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2017]
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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| Summary: |
"The Suffragents is the untold story of how some of New York's most powerful men formed the Men's League for Woman Suffrage, which grew between 1909 and 1917 from 150 founding members into a force of thousands across thirty-five states. Brooke Kroeger explores the formation of the League and the men who instigated it to involve themselves with the suffrage campaign, what they did at the behest of the movement's female leadership and why. She details the National American Woman Suffrage Association's strategic decision to accept their organized help and then to deploy these influential new allies as suffrage foot soldiers, a role they accepted with uncommon grace."--Book cover. |
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| Item Description: |
"Excelsior editions." Includes bibliographical references and index. "The Suffragents is the untold story of how some of New York's most powerful men formed the Men's League for Woman Suffrage, which grew between 1909 and 1917 from 150 founding members into a force of thousands across thirty-five states. Brooke Kroeger explores the formation of the League and the men who instigated it to involve themselves with the suffrage campaign, what they did at the behest of the movement's female leadership and why. She details the National American Woman Suffrage Association's strategic decision to accept their organized help and then to deploy these influential new allies as suffrage foot soldiers, a role they accepted with uncommon grace."--Book cover. "If men should be wanted": 1907-1908 -- "The favor of such men": 1909 -- "What can we do to persuade you?": 1910 -- "Jeers and abuse": 1911 -- "The change in public sentiment is remarkable": 1912 -- "Gettes and gists": 1913 -- "This whole feminist front": 1914 -- "Should women vote in New York?: 1915 -- "It may move like a glacier, but ... ": 1916 -- "Mr. President, How long must women wait for liberty?": 1917 -- A Coda: "The least tribute we can pay them": 1918-1920 -- Suffragent portraits list and credits. |
| Physical Description: |
xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781438466309 1438466307 9781438466293 1438466293 |