Winning their place
Subtitle: Arizona women in politics, 1883--1950
By: Heidi J. Osselaer ; foreword by Janet Napolitano.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780816527335
Subjects: Women in politics -- Arizona; Women legislators -- Arizona
Description: Recounts the history of women's participation in Arizona politics from 1883 to 1950, including information on the suffrage movement, women's incorporation into political parties, their work in women's clubs; and individual office seekers, obstacles they faced, and their legislation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The battle begins : the early woman suffrage movement, 1883 to 1903; title: The battle is won : statehood and suffrage, 1909 to 1912; title: The war is not over : political parties and women's clubs; title: "A woman for a woman's job" : female candidates, 1914 to 1927; title: "Mis"-representatives : expanding representation, 1928 to 1940; title: Professional politicians : the 1940s.