Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new South /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hay, Melba Porter, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
Colección:Topics in Kentucky history.
Temas:
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell, > 1872-1920.
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell, > 1872-1920
Women > United States > Biography.
Women's rights > United States > Biography.
Women > Suffrage.
Women > United States > History.
Femmes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Femmes > Suffrage.
Femmes > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Women
Women > Suffrage
Women's rights
United States
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "One great honored name," 1872-1889
  • "A thunder-bolt out of a clear sky," 1890-1896
  • "An unholy interest in reforming others," 1897-1900
  • "Our hope lies in the children," 1901-1904
  • "Whatever a woman can do-- in the long run she will do," 1905-1907
  • "Educational advance and school suffrage for women go hand in hand," 1908-1911
  • "Among the most brilliant advocates of votes for women in this country," 1912-1913
  • "An able speaker, a brilliant woman," 1914-1915
  • "I cannot keep her from doing more than she ought to do," 1916-1918
  • Kentucky's "most distinguished woman citizen," 1919-1920
  • Epilogue: "She belonged to Kentucky."

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