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1 online resource (xvi, 177 pages) |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Suffrage and Its Limits: The New York Story -- Part I: Investigating the Past -- Chapter 1 The Struggle for Suffrage and Its Aftermath in New York State -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 2 1917: How New York Women Won the Vote -- Background: The Progressive Era and the "New Woman" -- Analysis of the 1917 Victory: Who Was Responsible? -- The Argument for Carrie Chapman Catt -- 1915: The Road to Victory Begins with Loss -- 1917: On to Victory -- 1917: Effective Tactics -- 1917: Why New York? |
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1917: The Right Moment -- On to 1920 -- Why Not Catt? -- Where Are We Now? -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 3 After the Vote: Continuing the Struggle for Women's Social, Legal, and Political Equality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Part II: Interrogating the Present -- Chapter 4 Women in State Legislatures: New York in Comparative Perspective -- The Status of Women in Elective Office -- Sources of Women's Representation and Underrepresentation -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 5 Women in Local Political Office in New York State -- Gender Matters -- Local Matters |
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Gendered Representation -- Critical Mass -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 6 New Yorkers' Views on Women and Politics One Hundred Years after State Suffrage -- The 2016 Presidential Election and New Yorkers' Views on Women in Politics -- Issues That Mattered to Women in New York in 2016 -- A New York Feminist State of Mind? -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Part III: Imagining the Future -- Chapter 7 The Limits of Woman Suffrage and the Unfinished Business of Liberal Feminism1 -- Women's Legal Rights in the Light of the Purposes They Serve -- The Demand for Fairness -- Conclusion -- Notes |
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Works Cited -- Chapter 8 Making Freedom Moves: The Abolitionist Praxis of Black Women's Liberation -- Alchemy of Erasure -- The Abolitionist Origins of Women's Liberation -- Hidden in Plain Sight -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Chapter 9 Which Way Forward? Freedom Organizing in the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Appendix Women in Politics: Past, Present, and Future -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
"Suffrage and its Limits offers a unique interdisciplinary overview of the legacy and limits of suffrage for the women of New York State. It commemorates the state suffrage centennial of 2017 yet arrives in time to contribute to celebrations around the national centennial of 2020. Bringing together scholars with a wide variety of research specialties, it initiates a timely dialogue that links an appreciation of past accomplishments to a clearer understanding of present problems and an agenda for future progress. The first three chapters, "Investigating the Past," are dedicated to the state suffrage movement, the 1917 victory, and what New York women did with the vote. The next three chapters, "Interrogating the Present," focus on the current status of women and politics in New York. The final three chapters, "Imagining the Future," take a prospective look at the limits of liberal feminism and its unfinished agenda for women's equality in New York. A preface by Lieutenant Governor Katherine Hochul and a final chapter by activist Barbara Smith bookend the discussion. Combining diverse approaches and analyses in a single volume the collection enables readers to make connections between history, political science, public policy, sociology, philosophy, and activism. This study moves beyond merely celebrating the centennial to tackle women's issues of today and tomorrow"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Women -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- History
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Women -- New York (State) -- Suffage -- History
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Feminism -- New York (State) -- History
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Feminism
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Women -- Political activity
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New York (State)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dowley, Kathleen M., 1967- editor.
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Lewis, Susan Ingalls, 1949- editor.
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O'Sullivan, Meg Devlin, 1978- editor.
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| LC no. |
2023700833 |
| ISBN |
9781438479705 |
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1438479700 |
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