03112nam 2200733 a 450 991078011350332120230120030854.01-280-47079-80-19-802850-40-19-518070-4(CKB)111087026782778(EBL)272304(OCoLC)476010127(SSID)ssj0000203369(PQKBManifestationID)12057413(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203369(PQKBWorkID)10258876(PQKB)10915564(MiAaPQ)EBC272304(Au-PeEL)EBL272304(CaPaEBR)ebr10266584(CaONFJC)MIL47079(MiAaPQ)EBC7034349(EXLCZ)9911108702678277820021213d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMinnie Fisher Cunningham[electronic resource] a suffragist's life in politics /Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. SmithNew York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (295 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-518493-9 0-19-512215-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXMinnie 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.Women politiciansUnited StatesBiographyPoliticiansUnited StatesBiographyWomenPolitical activityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWomen politiciansTexasBiographyWomenPolitical activityTexasHistory20th centuryWomenSuffrageTexasHistoryTexasPolitics and government1865-1950TexasPolitics and government1951-Women politiciansPoliticiansWomenPolitical activityHistoryWomen politiciansWomenPolitical activityHistoryWomenSuffrageHistory.976.4/062/092BMcArthur Judith N1503452Smith Harold L168662MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780113503321Minnie Fisher Cunningham3731842UNINA