Republican Women

by Rymph, Catherine E.

• ISBN13: 9780807856529
• ISBN10: 0807856525
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

In the wake of the Nineteenth Amendment, Republican women set out to forge a place for themselves within the Grand Old Party. As Catherine Rymph explains, their often conflicting efforts over the subsequent decades would leave a mark on both conservative politics and American feminism.

Author Biography

Catherine E. Rymph is assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Party Women and the Dilemmas of Women's Suffrage	p. 14
So Many Joan of Arcs: The Political Style of Independent Clubwomen	p. 40
Playing the Man's Game: Marion Martin and the Creation of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs	p. 67
The Return of the Female Political Crusade	p. 98
The Housework of Government	p. 131
To Be Neutral or Neutralized?: Republican Women and the Goldwater Campaign	p. 160
The Rise of Republican Feminism	p. 188
Going Down in Flames: Republican Feminism and the Rise of the New Right	p. 212
Conclusion	p. 239
Notes	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 309
Index	p. 327
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