After the Vote Was Won

by Adams, Katherine H.

• ISBN13: 9780786449385
• ISBN10: 0786449381
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-30
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

Because scholars have traditionally only examined the efforts of American suffragettes in relation to electoral politics, the history books have largely missed the real story of what these women sought to achieve--and eventually did achieve--far outside the realm of voting reform. Though Stanton, Anthony, and Mott are certainly the best known figures of the woman's suffrage movement, all were dead more than a decade before women actually achieved the vote. Women like Alice Paul, Louisine Havemeyer, and Mary Church Terrell carried on their work, putting their campaign experiences to work long after the 19th Amendment was ratified. This book tells the story of how these women made an indelible mark on American history in fields ranging from education to art, science, publishing, and social activism.

Author Biography

Katherine H. Adams is a Hutchinson Distinguished Professor and chair of the English department at Loyola University New Orleans. Michael L. Keene is an English professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, teaching courses in professional communication and rhetorical theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Preface	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
In America: Picketing, Jail, and Torture	p. 11
Suffragists as Collectors and Artists: Affecting a Cultural Future	p. 36
Not to Simply Teach, but to Transform Education	p. 69
Influence Through a Writing Career	p. 100
A Continuing Life of Activism	p. 137
After 1920: The Lives of Other Suffragists	p. 174
Works Cited	p. 181
Index	p. 195
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