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Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new south [[electronic resource] /] / Melba Porter Hay ; foreword by Marjorie J. Spruill



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Autore: Hay Melba Porter <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new south [[electronic resource] /] / Melba Porter Hay ; foreword by Marjorie J. Spruill Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 324.6
324.6/23092
Soggetto topico: Women - United States
Women's rights - United States
Women - Suffrage
Women - United States - History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: "One great honored name," 1872-1889 -- "A thunder-bolt out of a clear sky," 1890-1896 -- "An unholy interest in reforming others," 1897-1900 -- "Our hope lies in the children," 1901-1904 -- "Whatever a woman can do-- in the long run she will do," 1905-1907 -- "Educational advance and school suffrage for women go hand in hand," 1908-1911 -- "Among the most brilliant advocates of votes for women in this country," 1912-1913 -- "An able speaker, a brilliant woman," 1914-1915 -- "I cannot keep her from doing more than she ought to do," 1916-1918 -- Kentucky's "most distinguished woman citizen," 1919-1920 -- Epilogue: "She belonged to Kentucky."
Sommario/riassunto: Kentucky native Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872--1920) was at the forefront of the suffrage movement at both the state and national levels. The great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and a descendant of several prominent Bluegrass families, Breckinridge inherited a sense of noblesse oblige that compelled her to speak for women's rights. However, it was her physical struggles and personal losses that transformed her from a privileged socialite into a selfless advocate for the disadvantaged. She devoted much of her life to the struggle for equal voting rights, but she also promoted the antitu
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ISBN: 0-8131-3914-7
0-8131-3523-0
1-283-23343-6
9786613233431
0-8131-7326-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777747603321
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Serie: Topics in Kentucky history.