We Have Come to Stay: American Women and Political Parties 1880-1960 - Softcover

9780826319708: We Have Come to Stay: American Women and Political Parties 1880-1960

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082631970X ISBN 13: 9780826319708

Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1999

Until recently, the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 was seen as a watershed in women's political history. The essayists in this collection argue that women's participation in political parties has been much more lengthy and varied than previously thought.

Women's different political styles influenced party strategy, changed party structures, and colored party ideology. From studies of individual women, such as Daisy Harriman, Florence Prag Kahn, and Nina Otero Warren, to examinations of movements, such as Socialist women in California and women's work in presidential campaigns, this book attempts to recover the diversity of women's political commitment, loyalties, and tactics. These timely and engaging essays will be welcomed by students of women's political history.

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About the Author:

Melanie Gustafson teaches history at the University of Vermont. Kristie Miller is an independent scholar. Elisabeth Israels Perry is Research Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.

Review:

"All sorts of generalizations about the gendered nature of political culture, about women's reform activism, and about the woman suffrage movement are going to have to be revised in the light of what these diverse and stimulating essays tell us." -- Ellen Carol DuBois, History, UCLA

"Essential reading for students of Americana politics as well as those who follow recent developments in women's history." -- Kathryn Kish Sklar, Distinguished Professor, SUNY, Binghamton

"These essays set a new standard for excellence in women's political history. . . . their fresh and meticulously researched stories suggest a stimulating agenda for future research on women in political parties and public life in general." -- Susan Ware, Radcliffe College

"This valuable book demonstrates convincingly that women have been immersed in partisan politics since the Gilded Age. It is ideal reading for courses in modern women's history." -- Lewis L. Gould, Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor Emeritus in American History at the University of Texas at Austin.

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