Title Gilded suffragists : the New York socialites who fought for women's right to vote / Johanna Neuman

Published New York : New York University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Series Washington mews books Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Cover; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1. A Club of Their Own; 2. The Celebrity Endorsement; 3. The Birth of a Rivalry; 4. A Rivalry Collapses; 5. The Gilded Face of Modernity; 6. Mere Men; 7. The Tactical Turn; 8. The Great Wars; 9. Who Won Suffrage?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author Summary New York City's elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names--Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt, Whitney and the like--carried enormous public value. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance of their costume balls and the opulence of the French couture clothes, and they leveraged their social celebrity for political power, turning women's right to vote into a fashionable cause. Although they were dismissed by critics as bored socialites "trying on suffrage as they might the latest couture designs from Paris," these gilded suffragists were at the epicenter of the great reforms known collectively as the Progressive Era. From championing education for women, to pursuing careers, and advocating for the end of marriage, these women were engaged with the swirl of change that swept through the streets of New York City. Johanna Neuman restores these women to their rightful place in the story of women's suffrage. Understanding the need for popular approval for any social change, these socialites used their wealth, power, social connections and style to excite mainstream interest and to diffuse resistance to the cause. In the end, as Neuman says, when change was in the air, these women helped push women's suffrage over the finish line Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- Suffrage -- New York (State) -- History Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History Suffragists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Suffragists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Socialites -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Elite (Social sciences) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Elite (Social sciences) Socialites Suffragists Women -- Suffrage SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century New York (N.Y.) -- Biography Subject New York (State) New York (State) -- New York United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017003762 ISBN 9781479877515 1479877514

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