Life and Times of Elizabeth Upham Yates - A Crusader for Womens Suffrage, Temperance, and Missionary Work

Informationen zum Autor By Shannon M. Risk Klappentext This biography chronicles the life of Elizabeth Upham Yates who fostered a kind of "American dream" for the single, educated woman in the industrial era. She served as a missionary to China, and then blazed women's suffrage and temperance campaign trails for thirty years as the protege of Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Frances Willard. Zusammenfassung This biography chronicles the life of Elizabeth Upham Yates who fostered a kind of "American dream" for the single, educated woman in the industrial era. She served as a missionary to China, and then blazed women's suffrage and temperance campaign trails for thirty years as the protege of Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Frances Willard. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Life of Elizabeth Upham Yates Chapter 1. Growing Up in Maine, 1857--1880: Steeped in Methodism Chapter 2. Missionary, 1880--1885: Yates' Role in a Modernizing China Chapter 3. A New Path, 1885-1896: Lecturing for Temperance and Women's Suffrage Chapter 4. In Between the Nation and Maine, 1896-1908: Balancing Home and National Work Chapter 5. "The Last General of Rhode Island," 1909-1920: Leading the Final Suffrage Effort Chapter 6. Victory and Defeat, 1920: The Nineteenth Amendment and Running for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Chapter 7. Towards the Setting Sun, 1920-1942: Battling Disability in Trying Times

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• Autori: Shannon M. Risk
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781666929188
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-918-8
• Pagine: 248
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Women, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women & girls