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Suffrage reconstructed : gender, race, and voting rights in the Civil War era /

"The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as 'male.' In so doing, it added gender-specific language to the U.S. Constitution for the first time. Suffrage Reconstructed is the first book to consider how and why the amendment's authors ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Free, Laura E., 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : we, the people
  • The white man's government
  • Manhood and citizenship
  • The family politic
  • The rights of men
  • That word male
  • White women's rights
  • Conclusion : by reason of race.