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Gotham Center for New York City History: Mrs. Frank Leslie’s Million Dollar Gift to Women’s Suffrage by Joan Marie Johnson
Joan Marie Johnson. "New Yorker Mrs. Frank Leslie's Million Dollar Gift to Women's Suffrage." Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City. November 14, 2017.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book Chapter, Book-Non-Fiction, Web-based
In this Gotham Center-published excerpt, Joan Marie Johnson prints a portion of her book on the monied women who funded suffrage activism. The excerpt looks at Mrs. Frank Leslie, who was […] Read More
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Interview: Johanna Neuman on the “Gilded Suffragists”
Johanna Neuman, "Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites who Fought for Women's Right to Vote," NYU Press, September 2017.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Author Interview, Book-Non-Fiction
Johanna Neuman‘s new book, Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites who Fought for Women’s Right to Vote, tells the fascinating story of how the elite women of New York City took up […] Read More
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Panel Discussion: Pant(aloons) to Pussy Hats: Style and Appearance as Change, Power, and Political Statement in the Women’s Movement.
A Panel of Presentations at the American Journalism Historians Association 2017 Conference in Little Rock, Ark., October 14, 2017
Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Panel Discussion
Report on the presentation on style at the AJHA Little Rock conference, which included significant suffage material and reference. The link includes images and slides from the presentations. Participants […] Read More
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How Suffragists Reacted to the Titanic Disaster
James P. Danky and Wayne A. Wiegand. Print Culture in a Diverse America. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. (pp. 203-222).
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book Chapter
The book Print Culture in a Diverse America is a collection of essays on “books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups.” In chapter nine, Steven Biel writes […] Read More
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News report: “Suffrage Proclamation Signed Privately; Women Absent and Movie Men Eliminated”
Constance Drexel. "Suffrage Proclamation Signed Privately; Women Absent and Movie Men Eliminated." Washington Herald, August 27, 1920, p.1. (Library of Congress Archives).
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Newspapers
This newspaper clipping from The Washington Herald explains how the Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, signed the suffrage proclamation privately on August 26, 1920 – controversially, without the presence of members of […] Read More
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Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era
Rebecca Edwards. "Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era." New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Academic, Book-Non-Fiction
Angels in the Machinery discusses the historical intersection between gender and politics using primary sources, such as media products and campaign materials, including those from the suffrage era. About the book: […] Read More