Citizenship, Suffrage, and Public Power in the New Northwest, 1879–1912
by
Sandra F. VanBurkleo
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Gender Remade explores a little-known experiment in gender equality in Washington Territory in the 1870s and 1880s. Building on path-breaking innovations in marital and civil equality, lawmakers extended a long list of political rights and obligations to both men and women, including the right to...