Fighting chance : the struggle over woman suffrage and Black suffrage in Reconstruction America / Faye E. Dudden.

Author/creator Dudden, Faye E.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionviii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The age is ripe for the woman question -- Black rights, women's rights, and civil war -- The "Negro's Hour" -- The struggle for equal rights 00 Kansas -- Revolutionary journalism and political opportunism -- The fight over the Fifteenth Amendment.
Abstract Discusses the falling-out between women's and African-American suffrage advocates during the Reconstruction era, examining the political culture in the United States during the nineteenth century, and describing how local Republicans sought to defeat both causes by setting the groups against each other.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-273) and index.
LCCN 2010053188
ISBN9780199772636 (alk. paper)
ISBN0199772630 (alk. paper)

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks JK1896 .D79 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold