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A few thoughts on the long woman suffrage movement on the Northern Great Plains
_Equality at the Ballot Box_ is the first volume to explore the long history of woman suffrage in Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota from a regional perspective. Continue reading
Posted in New Books
Tagged history, Montana, new publications, North Dakota, South Dakota, suffrage, Wyoming
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North Dakota Suffragists: Marie Bottineau Baldwin
Marie Bottineau Baldwin was both a suffragist and Native American rights activist. She sought to educate people about women’s traditional political rights in Native society. Continue reading
Grandmothers and Granddaughters of the RWSA: What Generation Gap?
What works would you add to our rural women’s studies canon? Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, New Books
Tagged anthropology, farm life, history, Sexuality, sociology, suffrage
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Rural Players on the National Stage: Alma Nash, the Missouri Ladies Military Band, and the National Woman Suffrage Procession
In Missouri, rural women themselves played an important role in the suffrage movement. Continue reading
How Civic Responsibility, Nativism, and World War I Gave Women in the Midwest the Right to Vote
Civic responsibility combined with wartime nativist hysteria to give midwestern women the right to vote. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, feminism, history, politics, suffrage
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