Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "We will never halt till the prize is won": suffrage on the Northern Great Plains / Molly P.Rozum and Lori Ann Lahlum -- Part 1 -- "So great an innovation": woman suffrage in Wyoming / Jennifer Helton -- Quiet voices in the prairie wind: the politics of woman suffrage in North Dakota, 1873-1920 / Barbara Handy-Marchello -- The marathon of Montana suffrage: a commitment to civic activism / Jennifer J. Hill -- Defending separate spheres: anti-suffrage women in South Dakota suffrage campaigns / Paula M. Nelson -- Snapshots -- A sentiment of justice: the woman suffrage question and Wyoming statehood / Amy L. McKinney -- The South Dakota Scandinavian Temperance Society and woman suffrage / Lori Ann Lahlum -- Frauenstimmrecht in Süd-Dakota: German-language newspapers in South Dakota on woman suffrage / Kelly O'Dea -- Part 2 -- "The women voted": school suffrage in Dakota Territory and South Dakota / Ruth Page Jones -- Ethnicity and woman suffrage on the South Dakota Plains / Sara Egge -- Citizenship, civilization, and property: The 1890 South Dakota vote on woman suffrage and Indian suffrage / Molly P. Rozum -- "Wake up, Wyoming": the push to ratify the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in the Northern Great Plains states / Amy L. McKinney -- Snapshots -- Martha Symons Boies Atkinson: first woman bailiff / Renée M. Laegreid -- Kate Selby Wilder dresses the part / Ann W. Braaten -- Jeannette Rankin on the road / Cody Dodge Ewert -- Black Hills suffragist Mabel Rewman / Kelly Kirk -- Part 3 -- Cora Smith Eaton and North Dakota woman suffrage, 1888-1897 / Kristin Mapel Bloomberg -- "A right to help make the laws": Helen Piotopowaka Clarke, Virginia Billedeaux, and Blackfeet empowerment / Dee Garceau -- Kate Selby Wilder: clubwoman, suffragist, temperance activist, and city commissioner / Ann W. Braaten.
Summary:
"On 10 December 1869, the governor of Wyoming Territory signed the first full woman suffrage bill in the history of the United States. Suffragists in the neighboring territories of Montana and Dakota believed their prospects were similarly bright. Over the next twenty years, however, organizers' efforts to secure votes for women met only limited success. While suffragists hoped the territories' respective bids for statehood in 1889 and 1890 would change their fortunes, only Wyoming enshrined voting rights for all in its state constitution. The fight for full woman suffrage on the Northern Great Plains would take another three decades. In Equality at the Ballot Box, editors Lori Ann Lahlum and Molly P. Rozum have compiled a set of original essays that illuminate key aspects of the movement. Here, scholars uncover previously untold stories of the women who traveled immense distances to win over a diverse, often contentious public. Essential for understanding the larger picture of woman suffrage, including the significance of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, school suffrage, and the anti-suffrage movement, this volume reveals the impact this isolated, rural region had on women's rights nationwide. The contributors to Equality at the Ballot Box build upon classic woman suffrage scholarship and develop new ideas that capture the spirit of suffrage on the Northern Great Plains. For the first time, the region's unique circumstances are considered, including significant populations of European immigrants and American Indians as well as harsh climates and sprawling landscapes. By turning scholarly attention to this understudied area, Lahlum and Rozum start a long-needed conversation and point to rich avenues for further exploration"-- Provided by publisher.
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