Century of struggle : the woman's rights movement in the United States /
Flexner, Eleanor, 1908-1995,
Century of struggle : the woman's rights movement in the United States / By Eleanor Flexner. - 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Position of American women up to 1800 -- Early steps toward equal education -- Beginnings of organization among women -- Beginnings of reform -- Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 -- From Seneca Falls to the Civil War -- Civil War -- Intellectual progress of women, 1860-1875 -- Women in the trade unions, 1860-1875 -- Emergence of a suffrage movement -- First victories in the west -- Breaking ground for suffrage -- Growth of women's organizations -- Women in the Knights of Labor and the early A.F. of L. -- Reform era and woman's rights -- Unification of the suffrage movement -- Entering the twentieth century -- Into the mainstream of organized labor -- Suffrage movement comes of age, 1906-1913 -- New life in the federal amendment, 1914-1916 -- Turn in the tide, 1916-1918 -- Who opposed woman suffrage? -- Hard-won victory, 1918-1920.
0689700725 (pbk)
59009273
GB60-106
Women--United States.
Women--Suffrage--United States.
Women's rights.
324.30973 / F.E.C.
Century of struggle : the woman's rights movement in the United States / By Eleanor Flexner. - 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Position of American women up to 1800 -- Early steps toward equal education -- Beginnings of organization among women -- Beginnings of reform -- Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 -- From Seneca Falls to the Civil War -- Civil War -- Intellectual progress of women, 1860-1875 -- Women in the trade unions, 1860-1875 -- Emergence of a suffrage movement -- First victories in the west -- Breaking ground for suffrage -- Growth of women's organizations -- Women in the Knights of Labor and the early A.F. of L. -- Reform era and woman's rights -- Unification of the suffrage movement -- Entering the twentieth century -- Into the mainstream of organized labor -- Suffrage movement comes of age, 1906-1913 -- New life in the federal amendment, 1914-1916 -- Turn in the tide, 1916-1918 -- Who opposed woman suffrage? -- Hard-won victory, 1918-1920.
0689700725 (pbk)
59009273
GB60-106
Women--United States.
Women--Suffrage--United States.
Women's rights.
324.30973 / F.E.C.