Winning the West for women : the life of suffragist Emma Smith DeVoe /
Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal.
- Seattle : University of Washington Press,
- xv, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Moral reform and statehood -- The South Dakota Woman Suffrage Campaign -- Building a national reputation -- The organization committee -- The Northwest campaigns -- The Nineteenth Amendment -- Party woman.
In 1856, in an opera house in Roseville, Illinois, Susan B. Anthony called for the supporters of woman suffrage to stand. The only person to rise was eight-year-old Emma Smith. And she continued to take a stand for the rest of her life. As a leader in the suffrage movement, Emma Smith DeVoe stumped across the country organizing for the cause, raising money, and helping make the West central to achieving the vote for women. DeVoe used her feminine style to great advantage in the campaign for the vote. Rather than promoting public rallies, she encouraged women to put their energies toward influencing the votes of their fathers, brothers, and husbands. Known as the still-hunt strategy, this approach was highly successful and helped win the vote for women in Washington in 1910. Winning the West for Women demonstrates the importance of the West in the national suffrage movement. It reveals the central role played by the National Council of Women Voters, whose members were predominately western women, in securing the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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DeVoe, Emma Smith, 1848-1927. DeVoe, Emma Smith, 1848-1927.