gender in American party politics from the Civil War to the progressive era /
First Statement of Responsibility
Rebecca Edwards.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The Political Crucible of the Civil War -- 2. Suffragists, Prohibitionists, and Republicans -- 3. Democrats and Domestic Economics -- 4. The Gospel of St. Republican -- 5. Populism -- 6. Redemption -- 7. New Parameters of Power -- 8. Progressives and Protection, 1897-1912.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Angels in the Machinery offers a sweeping analysis of the centrality of gender to politics in the United States from the days of the Whigs to the early twentieth century. Author Rebecca Edwards shows that women in the U.S. participated actively and influentially as Republicans, Democrats, and leaders of third-party movements like Prohibitionism and Populism decades before they won the right to vote, and in the process, transformed forever the ideology of American party politics. Using cartoons, speeches, party platforms, news accounts, and campaign memorabilia, she offers a compelling explanation of why family values, womens political activities, and even candidates sex lives remain hot-button issues in politics to this day.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Angels in the machinery.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Political parties-- United States-- History.
Women-- Political activity-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Frau
Frau.
Parteipolitik
Political parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.