The authors explore theways in which her involvement with the British suffragists Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst honed her instincts and skills, especially her dealings with her most important political adversaries, Woodrow Wilson and rival suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt. Fry substantially revise our understanding about Paul's engagement with suffrage activism in England and later emergence onto the American scene.Though her Quaker upbringing has long been seen as the spark for her commitment to women's rights Zahniser and Fry show how her childhood among the Friends forged crucial aspects of Paul's character, but her political zeal developed out of years of education and exploration. Using extensive oral history interviews with Paul and hercolleagues, Authors J. In 1913, she reinvigorated the American campaign for a constitutionalsuffrage amendment and, in the next seven years, dominated that campaign and drove it to victory with bold, controversial action -wedding courage with resourcefulness and self-mastery.This biography of Paul's early years and suffrage leadership offers fresh insight into her private persona and public image, examining for the first time the sources of Paul's ambition and the growth of her political consciousness.
Raised by Quaker parents in Moorestown, New Jersey, she would become a passionate and outspoken leader of the woman suffrage movement.
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Terborg-Penn shows how every political and racial effort to keep African American women disfranchised met with their active resistance until black women finally achieved full citizenship.Īlice Paul has long been an elusive figure in the political history of American women. Many lessons can be learned." -Philadelphia New Observer This comprehensive look at the African American women who fought for the right to vote analyzes the women's own stories and examines why they joined and how they participated in the U.S. All Black politicians should read and discuss this unique and brilliant book. but also a powerful indictment of white suffrage activists who were able to see beyond the sexism but not the racism of their society." -Journal of Southern History "This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical and practical framework for new paradigms in African American women's history. not only a major contribution to suffrage history. this is a well-written overview of a crucial aspect of African American history that would be ideal for the college classroom." -Journal of American History ".
It undoubtedly will become the definitive work on African American women's involvement in the mainstream woman suffrage movement and specifically on black women's struggle for the vote." -Choice ". With the utmost attention to detail Terborg-Penn examines the contributions of black suffragist stalwarts. "Rarely has a short book accomplished so much as Terborg-Penn's seminal work.
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