The Story of a Sub-Pioneer.

Algeo, Sara M.

Verlag: Providence, Rhode Island: Snow and Farnham, 1925.

Beschreibung

The ÒSub-Pioneers,Ó in the words of Sarah MacCormack Algeo (1876 Ð 1953), were suffragists like herself who Òcame into the great game of ÔVotes for WomenÕ at the Eleventh Hour,Ó but nevertheless Òplayed a not inglorious part.Ó Algeo writes: ÒI am a feminist first, last and all the time,Ó (p. 13). She draws on her experiences as the chair Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association and the first president of the Rhode Island League of Women Voters to construct this history of the later years of the fight for womenÕs suffrage in New England. The present work recounts suffrage milestones like the Rhode Island State Senate hearing a suffragist speech for the first time (p. 187), the 1914 Votes for Women Week, and the visit of Emmeline Pankhurst to New England (p. 169). Octavo. [xvi], 318 pp. With frontisportrait of the author, nearly seventy full-page and half-page photo reproductions and political cartoons. The photo reproductions include numerous portraits of suffragists, plus suffrage rallies and meetings and groups of suffragists campaigning in the streets. Also with title-page device representing Rhode Island suffragists. PublisherÕs light green cloth with gilt title. Back cover lightly soiled. Foxing to fore-edge; however, very clean and fresh throughout. A very good, tight copy inscribed by the author (September 20, 1937). First edition. One of only a thousand copies, Òthe first two hundred of which will be reserved by the Author for her fellow Suffragists.Ó Algeo also highlights the work and words of many suffrage leaders, including Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt, as well as the contributions of womenÕs organizations like the Rhode Island Union of Colored WomenÕs Clubs, the WomenÕs Christian Temperance Union, and the YWCA. In the present work, she preserves lectures and essays by suffragists including Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, the third president of the National American WomenÕs Suffrage Association, and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, the President of the Equal Suffrage League. Algeo takes a particular interest in the histories of topics like the role of small newspapers in rural suffrage efforts (p. 129) and the fight for the voting rights of working-class women (p. 201). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 16954

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Story of a Sub-Pioneer.

Verlag: Providence, Rhode Island: Snow and Farnham, 1925.

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage