Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-278) and index.
Contents:
Beginning and begats -- Esther's awakening -- Into the journey -- War years -- Archie -- Love in the air -- New beginnings -- Into the West -- South pass city -- On the doorstep of equality -- A higher plain of human rights -- Grasping opportunity with both hands -- Madam Justice of the peace -- Esther's first vote -- Winding down -- Moving on -- Peripatetic years -- Chickens coming home to roost -- Home in Wyoming -- Life well lived -- Closure -- Building the myth -- Dispelling the myth.
Summary:
This book examines the life of Esther Morris and clarifies her contributions to women's rights. Author Cummings also counters the myths that have grown around Esther, her tea party, and her participation in the legislation which allowed women to vote in Wyoming fifty years before the Nineteenth Amendment gave other U.S. women suffrage.
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