California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression

by Robert W. Cherny, Mary Ann Irwin, Ann Marie Wilson

In 1911 as progressivism moved toward its zenith, the state of California granted women the right to vote. However, women's political involvement in California's public life did not begin with suffrage, nor did it end there. Across the state, women had been deeply involved in politics long before suffrage, and--although their tactics and objectives changed--they remained deeply involved thereafter. California Women and Politic s examines the wide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803235038
• ISBN13: 9780803235038
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"