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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kroeger, Brooke, 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Physical Description:
xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Contents:
  • "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.