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

• Autore: McArthur Judith N
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.4/062/092; B
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Texas Politics and government 1865-1950; Texas Politics and government 1951-
• Altri autori: SmithHarold L
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Minnie Fisher Cunningham
• ISBN: 1-280-47079-8; 0-19-802850-4; 0-19-518070-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823341703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II