Votes for Women! The Suffrage Movement Book of Postcards

Votes for Women! The Suffrage Movement Book of PostcardsDescription The fight for American women to gain the vote lasted more than seven decades, upending traditional notions of gender roles and forcing a reconsideration of the duties and privileges of citizenship. Recorded in photographs, periodicals, and broadsides, the suffrage movement inspired the creation of a wide variety of colorful protest imagery and art, including posters, cartoons, and music. The 30 postcards in this book capture the

the racism and suspicion they faced

Official reports and documents provide the strategic and historical context for these ground-level accounts

one of the greatest legacies to come out of the First World War

Steam engines dominated railway transportation from the early 19th century through the middle of the 20th century

Through the Wheat appeared to immediate acclaim

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Food faddists were rewriting the most basic rules surrounding eating

In Modern Food

This is an aspect of the campaign that is seamlessly woven throughout as the action unfolds

After the United States declared war against Germany in April 1917

When American soldiers entered World War I

this will be a definitive picture reference book on 1915 and will appeal to enthusiasts