One half the people : the fight for woman suffrage [America's alternatives series.] Consent of the governed; The making of a movement; Turning the corner 1896-1916; Victory : 1917-1920; Documents of the decision; Women in seventeenth-century England; An early feminist; Declaration of sentiments; Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the politics of woman suffrage; The women suffrage amendment is introduced; Are women enfranchised by the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments?; The Supreme Court says women are citizens, but not voters; Woman's declaration of rights; I am a home-loving, law-abiding, tax-paying woman; The making of a suffragist; Testimony to the Senate; Do a majority of women want the ballot?; Carrie Chapman Catt describes the opposition; M

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1982, 1982. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. x, 174 pages ; 23 cm ; ISBN: 0252010051 ((pbk.)); 9780252010057 ((pbk.)) LCCN: 82-8563 ; LC: JK1896; Dewey: 324.6/23/0973 ; Contents: pt. 1. One half the people. Consent of the governed -- The making of a movement -- Turning the corner 1896-1916 -- Victory : 1917-1920 -- pt. 2. Documents of the decision. Women in seventeenth-century England -- An early feminist -- "Declaration of sentiments" -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the politics of woman suffrage -- The women suffrage amendment is introduced -- Are women enfranchised by the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments? -- The Supreme Court says women are citizens, but not voters -- Woman's declaration of rights -- "I am a home-loving, law-abiding, tax-paying woman ..." -- The making of a suffragist -- Testimony to the Senate -- "Do a majority of women ... want the ballot?" -- Carrie Chapman Catt describes the opposition -- "Merely to stay in the home is not enough ..." -- The Illinois suffrage campaign -- "On behalf of 7,000,000 wage-earning women ..." -- Mrs. Catt's winning plan -- Holding the party in power responsible -- The argument for bipartisanship or nonpartisanship -- Stirring up activity in the home districts -- "The fearless spirit of youth ..." -- Making use of every opportunity -- The education of Woodrow Wilson -- "Nothing has been left undone ..." -- "The passage of the amendment depends upon your work ..." -- Four factors making for success -- Patterns of congressional votes -- The suffragists : a collective sketch -- The electoral thermometer. ; Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1975. ; bump to front cover ; stamp of The Carter Center, Atlanta ; "An Illini Book" ; VG.