Publication Date
1-1-2015
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Hoffman, Beatrix R.
Degree Name
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)
Legacy Department
Department of History
Abstract
This project attempted to find how suffragists in the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association combated opposition from the woman run Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Woman's Suffrage. I hoped in this thesis to shine a light on a little discussed part of Illinois history. Mainly, how suffragists combated opposition from some of the very people they were trying to help. I was able to find a great deal of articles and pamphlets through the Regional History Center, microfilm, and online archives. I went through these documents in chronological order to find arguments by both the Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Woman's Suffrage and the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association that seemed to be responses to each other. There was a correlation between propaganda showing the IESA changing their published work to indirectly answer the propaganda of the IAOEWS. The IESA also gained alliances with Woman's Clubs and trade unions as a way to gain a united front, and mobilization.
Recommended Citation
Gatz, Janet E., "Both sides of the mirror: how Illinois Equal Suffrage Association combated female opposition and won the vote" (2015). Honors Capstones. 242.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/studentengagement-honorscapstones/242
Extent
36 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
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Media Type
Text
