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Suffragists in an Imperial Age: U.S. Expansion and the Woman Question, 1870-1929
Allison L. Sneider
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
In 1899, Carrie Chapman Catt, who succeeded Susan B. Anthony as head of the National American Women Suffrage Association, argued that it was the "duty" of U.S. women to help lift the inhabitants of its new island possessions up from "barbarism" to "civilization," a project that would presumably demonstrate the capacity of U.S. women for full citizenship and political rights. Catt, like many suffragists in her day, was well-versed in the language of empire, and infused the cause of suffrage with imperialist zeal in public debate. Unlike their predecessors, who were working for votes for women within the context ... Read more
In 1899, Carrie Chapman Catt, who succeeded Susan B. Anthony as head of the National American Women Suffrage Association, argued that it was the "duty" of U.S. women to help lift the inhabitants of its new island possessions up from "barbarism" to "civilization," a project that would presumably demonstrate the capacity of U.S. women for full citizenship and political rights. Catt, like many suffragists in her day, was well-versed in the language of empire, and infused the cause of suffrage with imperialist zeal in public debate. Unlike their predecessors, who were working for votes for women within the context ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
339g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195321173
SKU
V9780195321173
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Reviews for Suffragists in an Imperial Age: U.S. Expansion and the Woman Question, 1870-1929
Sneider has written an innovative study of the intersections of suffrage and expansionism.
The Nation
This is one of the rare books that will fundamentally change the operating assumptions of scholars working in two fields: women's history and imperial history.
Anne Firor Scott, Duke University
Suffragists in an Imperial Age offers an illuminating analysis of how ... Read more
The Nation
This is one of the rare books that will fundamentally change the operating assumptions of scholars working in two fields: women's history and imperial history.
Anne Firor Scott, Duke University
Suffragists in an Imperial Age offers an illuminating analysis of how ... Read more