A History of the American Suffragist Movement

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ISBN-10:: 0978849809
ISBN-13:: 9780978849801
Pub. Date:: 01/28/2005
Publisher:: Mtm Publishing

A History of the American Suffragist Movement

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ISBN-13:	9780978849801
Publisher:	Mtm Publishing
Publication date:	01/28/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

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Doris Weatherford is an adjunct professor in women's studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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In this new book, Weatherford (women's studies, Univ. of South Florida; Milestones: A Chronology of American Women's History, LJ 4/1/97) hopes to "tell the fascinating story of the struggle for suffrage by offering just a portion of the details available in their official history [Elizabeth Stanton's History of Woman Suffrage]." She states in the preface that almost all of the quotations are from that work, which is vital information as she includes lengthy quotes in the text with little if any attribution. Her text is easy to read, and Weatherford is adept at giving historical characters personality. The photographs and illustrations scattered throughout the book give faces to the women and men who fought to get women the right to vote. However, as the original History of Woman Suffrage has six volumes, a little more detail here would have been appropriate. Taken solely as an abridgment or collection of highlights from the History, this book would be useful to undergraduates, high school students, or the general public. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students and faculty, though, may question the scanty primary sources and heavy dependence on monographs.Julie Still, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Camden, NJ

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YA-Weatherford traces the roots of the long and difficult struggle to gain women's suffrage. She links the women's movement to other profound moral reforms of the 19th century-abolitionism and temperance. Beginning in 1637, she follows the ups and downs of the movement chronologically until the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Her fluid writing and use of primary sources draw readers into a thoughtful and compelling study of this history. Throughout, they come to see how things women take for granted today such as attending a college of their choice, playing a sport, signing a contract, getting a credit card, and even wearing pants were made possible for 20th-century women.-Linda A. Vretos, West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA

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"Her text is easy to read, and Weatherford is adept at giving historical characters personality…this book would be useful to undergraduates, high school students, or the general public." - Library Journal
"This book should be in core collection material about women's rights and suffrage. Highly Recommended." - The Book Report
"…a coherent narrative history as it was viewed by the suffragists themselves…Recommended for general readers and undergraduate students." - Choice
"Her fluid writing and use of primary sources draw readers into a thoughtful and compelling study of this history." - School Library Journal

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