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Minnie Fisher Cunningham : a suffragist's life in politics, Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith

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"The principal orchestrator of the passage of women's suffrage in Texas, a founder and national officer of the League of Women Voters, the first woman to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Texas, and a candidate for that state's governorship, Minnie Fisher Cunningham was one of the first American women to pursue a career in party politics. Cunningham's professional life spanned a half century, thus illuminating our understanding of women in public life between the Progressive Era and the 1960s feminist movement. Cunningham's upbringing in rural Texas made her particularly aware of the political needs of farmers, women, union labor, and minorities, and she fought gender, class, and racial discrimination within a conservative power structure."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiv, 266 p., [14] p. of plates
Contents
  • A daughter of the New South
  • The rise of a public woman
  • Suffrage first
  • Washington lobbyist and national leader
  • In league with women voters
  • Woman citizen and democratic partisan
  • "Too gallant a walk"?: Running for the Senate, 1928
  • A woman's new deal / At war with the Texas regulars, 1944-1946
  • Left feminism, 1947-1964
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9780195122152
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham : a suffragist's life in politics
Title
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Title remainder
a suffragist's life in politics
Statement of responsibility
Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith
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Language
eng
Summary
"The principal orchestrator of the passage of women's suffrage in Texas, a founder and national officer of the League of Women Voters, the first woman to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Texas, and a candidate for that state's governorship, Minnie Fisher Cunningham was one of the first American women to pursue a career in party politics. Cunningham's professional life spanned a half century, thus illuminating our understanding of women in public life between the Progressive Era and the 1960s feminist movement. Cunningham's upbringing in rural Texas made her particularly aware of the political needs of farmers, women, union labor, and minorities, and she fought gender, class, and racial discrimination within a conservative power structure."--Jacket
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 976.4/062/092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E748.C966
LC item number
M35 2003
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham : a suffragist's life in politics, Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-258) and index
Contents
A daughter of the New South -- The rise of a public woman -- Suffrage first -- Washington lobbyist and national leader -- In league with women voters -- Woman citizen and democratic partisan -- "Too gallant a walk"?: Running for the Senate, 1928 -- A woman's new deal / At war with the Texas regulars, 1944-1946 -- Left feminism, 1947-1964
Control code
51297202
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xiv, 266 p., [14] p. of plates
Isbn
9780195122152
Isbn Type
(acid-free paper)
Lccn
2002193124
Note
  • Library's copy 2 (SW Writers): Purchased. With dust jacket.
  • Library's copy 3 (SW Writers): Forms part of: Molly Ivins Personal Library Collection. Gift of Andrew Ivins, 2009 (Access. No. 2009-022). Item laid in: ANS on publisher's stationery from Susan Ferber to Ms. Ivins (1 sheet), September 30, 2003. With dust jacket.
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham : a suffragist's life in politics, Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-258) and index
Contents
A daughter of the New South -- The rise of a public woman -- Suffrage first -- Washington lobbyist and national leader -- In league with women voters -- Woman citizen and democratic partisan -- "Too gallant a walk"?: Running for the Senate, 1928 -- A woman's new deal / At war with the Texas regulars, 1944-1946 -- Left feminism, 1947-1964
Control code
51297202
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xiv, 266 p., [14] p. of plates
Isbn
9780195122152
Isbn Type
(acid-free paper)
Lccn
2002193124
Note
  • Library's copy 2 (SW Writers): Purchased. With dust jacket.
  • Library's copy 3 (SW Writers): Forms part of: Molly Ivins Personal Library Collection. Gift of Andrew Ivins, 2009 (Access. No. 2009-022). Item laid in: ANS on publisher's stationery from Susan Ferber to Ms. Ivins (1 sheet), September 30, 2003. With dust jacket.
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ill.

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