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After suffrage

Kristi Andersen

1996191 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1996
first published
  • 1996University of Chicago · 191 pages · ENGISBN 9780226019550
  • 1996214 pages · ENG

Debunking conventional wisdom that women had little impact on politics after gaining the vote, Kristi Andersen gives a compelling account of both the accomplishments and disappointments experienced by women in the decade after suffrage. This revisionist history traces how, despite male resistance to women's progress, the entrance of women and of their concerns into the public sphere transformed both the political system and women themselves.

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