| Description |
1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Constitutional amendments : beyond the Bill of Rights |
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Gale eBooks
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Constitutional amendments (Detroit, Mich.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical background on the Nineteenth Amendment: The Seneca Falls Convention / Frederick Douglass -- Post-Civil War struggles / Ellen DuBois -- The resignation of a legend / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- The "night of terror" / Mary A. Nolan -- Congress passes the Nineteenth Amendment / The New York Times -- Women finally get the vote / Associated Press -- Voting rights trials: The trial of Susan B. Anthony / Doug Linder -- Minor v. Happersett: the Fourteenth Amendment does not give women voting rights / Morrison R. Waite -- The National Woman's Party trials / Kathryn Cullen-DuPont -- The Nebraska referendum of 1919 / James E. Potter -- The poll tax case: Breedlove v. Suttles / Pierce Butler -- Current debates on equality and voting rights: Guaranteeing the right to vote / John Bonifaz -- The perception of women in politics / Gloria Steinem -- The Electoral College should be abolished / The rest of us -- The Electoral College should be retained / Kevin R.C. Gutzman -- Women are still not equal / Lis Wiehl. |
| Summary |
Presents the Nineteenth Amendment in a historical context, examining how it has been tested in the courts and present current controversies and debates. Focuses on women's voting rights. |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution. 19th Amendment -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Fredericks, Carrie, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Added Title |
Amendment 19 |
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Amendment nineteen |
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Granting women the right to vote |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Amendment XIX. Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, c2009 9780737741278 |
| ISBN |
9780737745870 (electronic book) |
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9780737741278 |
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