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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455739403321

Autore

McArthur Judith N

Titolo

Minnie Fisher Cunningham [[electronic resource] ] : a suffragist's life in politics / / Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-47079-8

0-19-802850-4

0-19-518070-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithHarold L

Disciplina

976.4/062/092

B

Soggetti

Women politicians - United States

Politicians - United States

Women - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century

Women politicians - Texas

Women - Political activity - Texas - History - 20th century

Women - Suffrage - Texas - History

Electronic books.

Texas Politics and government 1865-1950

Texas Politics and government 1951-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FOREWORD; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A DAUGHTER OF THE NEW SOUTH; 2 THE RISE OF A PUBLIC WOMAN; 3 SUFFRAGE FIRST; 4 WASHINGTON LOBBYIST AND NATIONAL LEADER; 5 IN LEAGUE WITH WOMEN VOTERS; 6 WOMAN CITIZEN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTISAN; 7 "TOO GALLANT A WALK"?: RUNNING FOR THE SENATE, 1928; 8 A WOMAN'S NEW DEAL; 9 AT WAR WITH THE TEXAS REGULARS, 1944-1946; 10 LEFT FEMINISM, 1947-1964; EPILOGUE; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Minnie Fisher Cunningham, Texas's most important female political activist, directed Texas's woman suffrage campaign, helped found the National League of Women Voters and the Woman's National



Democratic Club and was also a leader of the post-1945 Texas liberal movement. This is a biography of the politician affectionately known as Minnie Fish.