Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- 2 Mass Politics in the Civil War Crucible
- 3 The Agrarian Revolt, Populism, and the Gilded Age Party System
- Part II The Transitional Period
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
3 - The Agrarian Revolt, Populism, and the Gilded Age Party System
from Part I - The “Party Period”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- 2 Mass Politics in the Civil War Crucible
- 3 The Agrarian Revolt, Populism, and the Gilded Age Party System
- Part II The Transitional Period
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
Summary
The women’s suffrage campaign was part of a long movement that began with women’s participation in abolitionism, and temperance, and merged with the labor movement and progressivism. Though its most visible success was the passage of the 19th amendment, this build upon state and local campaigns, especially in the west, where the weakness of the party system gave womens’ groups a footing. But it was only with women’s support for World War One that mass support for the suffrage was one, followed by a shift of women’s activism into the party system and into policy activity.
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- Movements and PartiesCritical Connections in American Political Development, pp. 50 - 72Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021