Lorraine Gates Schuyler: 1 book
The Weight of Their Votes
Southern Women and Political Leverage in the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, hundreds of thousands of southern women went to the polls for the first time. In The Weight of Their Votes Lorraine Gates Schuyler examines the consequences this had in states across the South. She shows that from polling places to the halls...
