100 years of the Nineteenth Amendment : an appraisal of women's political activism

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100 years of the Nineteenth Amendment : an appraisal of women's political activism

Author:

McCammon, Holly J., 1959- editor.

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9780190265151

9780190265144

Physical Description:

vi, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction : From the nineteenth amendment to today : an appraisal of 100 years of women's political engagement / Holly J. McCammon and Lee Ann Banaszak -- Disappointed hopes? Female voters and the 1924 progressive surge / J. Kevin Corder and Christina Wolbrecht -- The evolution of women's (and men's) partisan attachments / Heather L. Ondercin -- What's happened to the gender gap in political participation? How might we explain it? / Nancy Burns ... [et al.] -- From Seneca to Shelby : intersectionality and women's voting rights / Celeste Montoya -- One hundred years since the women's suffrage : managing multiple identities among Latina congressional leaders / Jessica Lavariega Monforti -- Women in state legislatures from the gilded age to the global age / Susan Welch -- "Feminism means more than a changed world....it means the creation of a new consciousness in women" : feminism, consciousness-raising, and continuity between the waves / Laura K. Nelson -- US women's groups in national policy debates, 1880-2000 / Kristin A. Goss -- After suffrage comes equal rights? ERA as the next logical step / Tracey Jean Boisseau and Tracy A. Thomas -- Black women cause lawyers : legal activism in pursuit of racial and gender equality / Brittany N. Hearne and Holly J. McCammon -- American mothers of nonviolence : action and the politics of erasure in women's nonviolent activism / Selina Gallo-Cruz -- Women in white supremacist movements in the century after women's suffrage / Kathleen Blee -- Women, leadership, and the U.S. environmental movement / Holly J. McCammon ... [et al.] -- Women occupying Wall Street : gender conflict and feminist mobilization / Heather McKee Hurwitz and Verta Taylor -- Epilogue : Women's activism from electoral campaigns to protest action : into the next 100 years / Lee Ann Banaszak and Holly J. McCammon.

Subject Term:

Feminism -- United States -- History.

Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History.

Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.

Women's rights -- United States -- History.

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McCammon, Holly J., 1959-

Banaszak, Lee Ann, 1960-

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The year 2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment giving many women in the United States the right to vote. The struggle for suffrage lasted over six decades and involved more than a million women; yet, even at the moment of the amendment's enactment, women's activists disagreed heartily over how much had been achieved, whether it was necessary for women to continue organizing for political rights, and what those political rights would bring. Looking forward to the 100-year anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, this collection of original essays takes a long view of the past century of women's political engagement to gauge how much women have achieved in the political arena. The volume looks back at the decades since women won the right to vote to analyze the changes, developments, and even continuities in women's roles in the broad political sphere. Ultimately, the book asks two important questions about the last 100 years of women's suffrage: 1) How did the Nineteenth Amendment alter the American political system? and 2) How has women's engagement in politics changed over the last 100 years? As the chapters reveal, while women have made substantial strides in the political realm--voting at higher rates than men and gaining prominent leadership roles--barriers to gender equality remain. Women continue to be underrepresented in political office and to confront gender bias in a myriad of political settings. The contributors also remind us of the important understanding to be gained from an intersectional perspective to women's political engagement. In particular, several chapters discuss the failure of the Nineteenth Amendment to provide full political rights and representation to African American, Latina, and poorer women. The work also considers women's extra-institutional activism in a wide variety of settings, including in the feminist, civil rights, environmental, and far-right movements. As the volume traces women's forceful presence and limitations in politics over the past century, it also helps us look forward to consider the next 100 years: what additional victories might be won and what new defeats will need women's response?

Holly J. McCammon and Lee Ann BanaszakJ. Kevin Corder and Christina WolbrechtHeather L. OndercinNancy Burns and Kay Lehman Schlozman and Ashley Jardina and Shauna Shames and Sidney VerbaCeleste MontoyaJessica Lavariega MonfortiSusan WelchLaura K. NelsonKristin A. GossTracey Jean Boisseau and Tracy A. ThomasBrittany N. Hearne and Holly J. McCammonSelina Gallo-CruzKathleen BleeHolly J. McCammon and Allison McGrath and David J. Hess and Minyoung MoonHeather McKee Hurwitz and Verta TaylorLee Ann Banaszak and Holly J. McCammon

1 Introduction: From the Nineteenth Amendment to Today: An Appraisal of 100 Years of Women's Political Engagement	p. 1
Part I Women's Participation in Electoral Politics: One Hundred Years of Change and Continuity
2 Disappointed Hopes? Female Voters and the 1924 Progressive Surge	p. 19
3 The Evolution of Women's (and Men's) Partisan Attachments	p. 46
4 What's Happened to the Gender Gap in Political Participation? How Might We Explain It?	p. 69
5 From Seneca to Shelby: Intersectionality and Women's Voting Right	p. 105
6 One Hundred Years since Women's Suffrage: Managing Multiple Identities among Latina Congressional Leaders	p. 128
7 Women in State Legislatures from the Gilded Age to the Global Age	p. 151
Part II Feminism and Women's Movement Activism: A Century of Struggle
8 "Feminism Means More Than a Changed World. ... It Means the Creation of a New Consciousness in Women": Feminism, Consciousness-Raising, and Continuity between the Waves	p. 175
9 US Women's Groups in National Policy Debates, 1880-2000	p. 198
10 After Suffrage Comes Equal Rights? ERA as the Next Logical Step	p. 227
Part III Diversity in Women's Social Movement Activism: Illustrations from One Hundred Years of Engagement
11 Black Women Cause Lawyers: Legal Activism in Pursuit of Racial and Gender Equality	p. 257
12 American Mothers of Nonviolence: Action and the Politics of Erasure in Women's Nonviolent Activism	p. 273
13 Women in White Supremacist Movements in the Century after Women's Suffrage	p. 295
14 Women, Leadership, and the U.S. Environmental Movement	p. 312
15 Women Occupying Wall Street: Gender Conflict and Feminist Mobilization	p. 334
16 Epilogue: Women's Activism from Electoral Campaigns to Protest Action: Into the Next 100 Years	p. 356
Contributors Bios	p. 371
Index	p. 373

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