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Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new South /
Kentucky native Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872-1920) was at the forefront of the suffrage movement at both the state and national levels. The great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and a descendant of several prominent Bluegrass families, Breckinridge inherited a sense of noblesse oblige that compe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Topics in Kentucky history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Kentucky native Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872-1920) was at the forefront of the suffrage movement at both the state and national levels. The great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and a descendant of several prominent Bluegrass families, Breckinridge inherited a sense of noblesse oblige that compelled her to speak for women's rights. However, it was her physical struggles and personal losses that transformed her from a privileged socialite into a selfless advocate for the disadvantaged. She devoted much of her life to the struggle for equal voting rights, but she also promoted the antituberc. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813173269 0813173264 9780813139142 0813139147 9780813135236 0813135230 0813125324 9780813125329 |