The Golden Lane: How Missouri Women Gained the Vote and Changed History

by Margot Ford McMillen

Book Overview

It was June 14, 1916, a warm, sticky Wednesday morning. The Democratic Convention would soon meet in St. Louis. Inside the Jefferson Hotel, the men ate breakfast and met with their committees. Outside the hotel, thousands of women quietly took their places along both sides of Locust Street. They stood shoulder to shoulder, each one in a dress that brushed the pavement, shading herself with a yellow parasol and wearing a yellow sash that said Votes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609490134
• ISBN13: 9781609490133
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"