{"product_id":"and-yet-they-persisted-9781119530831","title":"And Yet They Persisted","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States, from 1776 to 1965\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost suffrage histories begin in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first publicly demanded the right to vote at the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And they end in 1920, when Tennessee became the 36\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e state to ratify the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Amendment, removing sexual barriers to the vote. \u003ci\u003eAnd Yet They Persisted \u003c\/i\u003etraces agitation for the vote over two centuries, from the revolutionary era to the civil rights era, excavating one of the greatest struggles for social change in this country and restoring African American women and other women of color to its telling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women's suffrage into the metanarrative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Dawn of Republican Motherhood 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Female Activism in Antebellum America 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 From Female Influence to Women’s Rights 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Fifteenth Amendment 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The States as Incubators for Social Change 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Coloring of the Electorate 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Tactical Turn in Women’s Suffrage 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Male Suffragists and the Limits of Self‐Interest 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Campaigning in Wartime 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Long Road to Ratification 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Beyond 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 247\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528858083671,"sku":"9781119530831","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119530831.jpg?v=1731873302","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/and-yet-they-persisted-9781119530831","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}