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Suffrage : women's long battle for the vote


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Explores the full scope of the movement to win the vote for women through portraits of its leaders and activists, including Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Sojourner Truth, Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

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Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Sacred Right to the Elective Franchise, 1848-1861 -- Chapter Two: Now Let Us Try Universal Suffrage, 1861-1869 -- Chapter Three: Are Women Persons? 1869-1875 -- Chapter Four: The Great Primitive Right from Which All Freedom Originates, 1876-1893 -- Chapter Five: New Women, 1893-1906 -- Chapter Six: A Political Cause to Be Carried Politically, 1907-1915 -- Chapter Seven: How Long Must Women Go On Fighting for Liberty? 1915-1917 -- Chapter Eight: Enemies Died Hard, 1918-1920 -- Chapter Nine: The Afterstory -- Appendix A: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 -- Appendix B: Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States, July 4, 1876 -- Appendix C: Nineteeth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Additional Reading -- Index -- Illustration Credits -- Copyright


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