Woman suffrage and the new democracy
By: Sara Hunter Graham.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: National American Woman Suffrage Association -- History; Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History; Suffragists -- United States -- History
Description: American suffragists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries worked in a political climate that was indifferent or even hostile to the extension of democratic rights. This engrossing book investigates how the woman suffrage movement achieved its goal by forging a highly organized and centrally controlled interest group, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), one of the most effective single-issue pressure groups in the United States.

Sara Hunter Graham examines the tactics and ideology of NAWSA and discusses what they tell us about pressure politics, women's rights, and American democracy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.