Women's Votes, Women's Voices: The Campaign for Equal Rights in Washington

by Shanna Stevenson

Book Overview

The right of citizens to vote is a pillar of democracy--a mainstay denied to Washington women until they united in a campaign to enact change. Suffragettes briefly achieved the right to vote through an 1883 legislative act, only to have a Territorial Supreme Court decision declare it invalid. Once again, women formed clubs and embarked on a grassroots crusade. They canvassed neighborhoods, circulated petitions, published a newspaper, conducted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917048741
• ISBN13: 9780917048746
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Washington State Historical Society
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.0"