California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression
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In 1911 as progressivism moved toward its zenith, the state of California granted women the right to vote. However, women's political involvement in California's public life did not begin with suffrage, nor did it end there. Across the state, women had been deeply involved in politics long before suffrage, and--although their tactics and objectives changed--they remained deeply involved thereafter. California Women and Politic s examines the wide array of women's public activism from the 1850s to 1929--including the temperance movement, moral reform, conservation, trade unionism, settlement work, philanthropy, wartime volunteerism, and more--and reveals unexpected contours to women's politics in California. The contributors consider not only white middle-class women's organizing but also the politics of working-class women and women of color, emphasizing that there was not one monolithic "women's agenda," but rather a multiplicity of women's voices demanding recognition for a variety of causes.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803235038
ISBN13:9780803235038
Release Date:May 2011
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:424 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"
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