Bøger af Anne M. Boylan

Offers the first book-length study of the woman suffrage struggle in Delaware, placing it within the rich historical scholarship on the national story. The book traces how white and African American women organised and advocated for 'votes for women', first by revising the state constitution and then through a federal amendment.

Tracing the deep roots of women's activism in America, this text analyses over 70 women's volunteer associations in the decades following the Revolution. She explores the aims and foundation of these groups and how they were structured, as well as their effect on defining women's roles.