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Zusatztext [A] history of women's 72-year struggle to attain the vote... Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor J.D. ZahniserHistorian, American Institute for History Educationwith Amelia R. Fry(deceased) Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Klappentext This biography of Alice Paul, long an elusive figure in the political history of American women, offers the first in-depth examination of the sources of Paul's ambition and the development of her political consciousness. Zusammenfassung Alice Paul has long been an elusive figure in the political history of American women. This biography of Paul's early years and suffrage leadership offers fresh insight into her private persona and public image. Here, for the first time, the authors examine the sources of Paul's ambition and the growth of her political consciousness. They substantially revise our understanding about Paul's engagement with suffrage activism and later emergence onto the American scene. Paul's Quaker upbringing, long seen as the spark for her commitment to women's rights, is shown here as necessary, but not sufficient to motivate her later devotion to the equality of women. However, her childhood among the Friends did forge crucial aspects of Paul's selfhood. Her political zeal developed out of years of education and exploration, notably her involvement with the infamous British suffragists, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst. The authors demonstrate how Paul's work for thePankhursts honed her instincts and skills. They identify Paul's sense of historical moment as vital to her embrace of a leadership role, a decision which largely subsumed her private with her public life. As a leader, Alice Paul wedded courage, resourcefulness and self-mastery. In 1913, she reinvigorated the American campaign for a constitutional suffrage amendment by capturing the suffrage narrative and, in the next seven years, dominated that campaign and drove it to victory with bold, controversial action. The book analyzes Paul's charisma and leadership qualities, highlighting her dealings with her most important political adversaries, Woodrow Wilson and rival suffrage leader Carrie ChapmanCatt. Paul's leadership style both energized and frustrated allies and opponents, as well as historians. This biography applies new research to the persistent questions about Alice Paul and her legacy. CONTENTS ; INTRODUCTION: ALICE PAUL ; CHAPTER ONE: "MIND THE LIGHT" ; CHAPTER TWO: "IN VENIEMUS VIAM AVT FACIMUS" ; CHAPTER THREE: "HEART AND SOUL CONVERT" ; CHAPTER FOUR: "A NEW AND MORE HEROIC PLANE" ; CHAPTER FIVE: "A LITTLE STONE IN A BIG MOSAIC" ; CHAPTER SIX: "WE CAME, THEY SAW, WE CONQUERED" ; CHAPTER SEVEN: "A PROCESSION OF OUR OWN" ; CHAPTER EIGHT: "A DARK CONSPIRACY" ; CHAPTER NINE: "WE GO TO SMASH OR MAKE GOOD" ; CHAPTER TEN: "A GREAT BODY OF VOTING WOMEN" ; CHAPTER ELEVEN: "THE VOICE OF THE NEW POWER" ; CHAPTER TWELVE: "THE GHOST AT THE FEAST" ; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: "THE YOUNG ARE AT THE GATES" ; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: "JAILED FOR FREEDOM" ; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: "NOT A GIFT, BUT A TRIUMPH" ; EPILOGUE: CLAIMING POWER ; NOTES ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX ; INDEX ...
