Splintered Sisterhood: Gender and Class in the Campaign against Woman Suffrage

361 Pages·1997·94.351 MB·English

by  Susan E. Marshall

Splintered Sisterhood
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Splintered
Sisterhood
Gender and Class in the
Campaign against Woman Suffrage
SUSAN E. MARSHALL
The University of Wisconsin Press
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The University of Wisconsin Press
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Copyright © 1997
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Marshall, Susan E., 1950-
Splintered sisterhood: genderand classin thecampaignagainst
womansuffrageISusan E. Marshall.
360pp. cm.
Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
ISBN0-299-15460-2(cloth:alk. paper).
ISBN0-299-15464-5(pbk.:alk. paper).
1. Women-Suffrage-United States-History. 2. Women political
activists-UnitedStates-History. 3. Upperclass-UnitedStates
Politicalactivity. 4. Socialconflict-United States-History.
I. Title.
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For My Parents
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Contents
Illustrations ix
Tables x
Preface xi
1. Introduction: The Paradox of Antifeminism 3
2. "Women of High Social Standing" 17
3. Gentleman Suffrage 58
4. A Menace to Civilization 93
5. Mobilizing a Majority 141
6. From Parlors to Parades 182
7. The Politics of Conservative Womanhood 223
Appendices 239
Notes 241
Select Bibliography 300
Index 333
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Illustrations
1. "Count the Cost!" Pennsylvania Association broadside for
the 1915 campaign 110
20 "The Pity of It!" Massachusetts Association broadside 111
30 "Can She Do It?" Remonstrance cartoon, 1912 112
40 "Hugging a Delusion," Woman's Protest cartoon, 1916 113
50 "Politics" versus "Home-Rule," cartoons from Man-
Suffrage Association campaign manual, 1915 114
60 "To the Rescue," prize-winning antisuffrage cartoon, 1911 115
70 Friends of Susan Bo Anthony, according to a southern
broadside exploiting racist sentiments 116
80 "America When Feminized," Southern Woman's League
for Rejection of the Susan Bo Anthony Amendment
broadside 117
90 "The Sifter," postamendment Woman Patriot cartoon, 1920 118
100 "Congressman Towner and His Twins," Woman Patriot
cartoon opposing social legislation, 1921 119
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