Minnie Fisher Cunningham : a suffragist's life in politics /

Minnie Fisher Cunningham was Texas's most important female political activist. After directing Texas's woman suffrage campaign, she helped found the National League of Women Voters and the Woman's National Democratic Club. This is the biography of the lifelong politician affectionatel...

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Main Author:	McArthur, Judith N.
Other Authors:	Smith, Harold L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:	Cunningham, Minnie Fisher, > 1882-1964. Roosevelt, Eleanor, > 1884-1962 > Friends and associates. Cunningham, Minnie Fisher, > 1882-1964 Roosevelt, Eleanor, > 1884-1962 Women politicians > United States > Biography. Politicians > United States > Biography. Women > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century. Women politicians > Texas > Biography. Women > Political activity > Texas > History > 20th century. Women > Suffrage > Texas > History. Texas > Politics and government > 1865-1950. Texas > Politics and government > 1951- Femmes politiques > États-Unis > Biographies. Politiciens > États-Unis > Biographies. Femmes > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle. Femmes politiques > Texas > Biographies. Femmes > Activité politique > Texas > Histoire > 20e siècle. Femmes > Suffrage > Texas > Histoire. Texas > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950. Texas > Politique et gouvernement > 1951- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical. HISTORY > State & Local > General. Friendship Politics and government Politicians Women > Political activity Women politicians Women > Suffrage Texas United States Since 1865 Electronic books. Biographies History Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Foreword / Liz Carpenter
A Daughter of the New South
The Rise of a Public Woman
Suffrage First
Washington Lobbyist and National Leader
In League with Women Voters
Woman Citizen and Democratic Partisan
"Too Gallant a Walk"?: Running for the Senate, 1928
A Woman's New Deal
At War with the Texas Regulars, 1944-1946
Left Feminism, 1947-1964.