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The Solid South: The Suffrage Campaign Revisited, Abby Lorraine Crenshaw
The Solid South: The Suffrage Campaign Revisited, Abby Lorraine Crenshaw
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This examination of the southern suffrage campaign focuses the movement through the eyes of three prominent southern women within the political movement: Kate Gordon, Sue Shelton White, and Josephine Pearson. The merged National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) planned and organized a focus on the South during the second half of the suffrage campaign, which presented new challenges. The Nineteenth Amendment passed through Congress in 1918 and consequently set the stage for a raging political battle between suffragists and anti-suffragists. The suffrage campaign prompted women to question how the political platform of suffrage should be addressed. Women argued over the …
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
Regular features include:
- Just a Second
- Campus Line
- For the Record / Crime Reports
- People Poll
- Sports
- Diversions
- Movie Reviews
- Classifieds
Articles in this issue:
- Hall, Jason. Classic Moment – Sean Dollman
- Back, Shannon. Runner: Man Uses Disability as an Advantage – Bruce Law
- VanWinkle, Cara. Delta Tau Delta: Pledge Exposure Lands Three in Jail, Community Service
- Hall, Jason. Little Texas Kicks a Little at Finale
- Mains, Brian. Micah Martin Rolls Across the Finish Line for Fourth Year in Classic
- Police Tow Cars from Flooded Lot
- Sexual Harassment Not …
Ua3/8/1 Letter To Thomas Meredith, Wku President's Office - Meredith, John Hager
Ua3/8/1 Letter To Thomas Meredith, Wku President's Office - Meredith, John Hager
WKU Archives Records
Letter to Thomas Meredith from Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer editor John Hager regarding the presidential search. Includes editorial "Martha Layne Collins Not Best Choice for Western."
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - Q-R Topics, Lowell Harrison
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - Q-R Topics, Lowell Harrison
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 118 topics beginning with Q & R ranging from Qualifications: Teachers to Russian Taught.
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - G Topics, Lowell Harrison
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - G Topics, Lowell Harrison
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 140 topics beginning with G ranging from G.I. Bill to Gymnastics.
The American Liberalism Of Eleanor Roosevelt, Janet Wolfe
The American Liberalism Of Eleanor Roosevelt, Janet Wolfe
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
A biographical study of the life of Eleanor Roosevelt was undertaken to explore the various obstacles she was required to overcome as she grew to become an influential figure in the world of liberal politics. During the New Deal years her influence was most visible as she traveled across the country and relayed to her husband the concerns of the average man. As a delegate to the United Nations, after the death of her husband, Eleanor's devotion toward attaining a United Nations which would keep peace among all nations and her ability to carry out tasks in a patient and …
The Rhetoric Of Laura Clay: A Southern Argument For Woman Suffrage, Margaret Wesolowski
The Rhetoric Of Laura Clay: A Southern Argument For Woman Suffrage, Margaret Wesolowski
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study focused on the persuasive efforts of Laura Clay (1848-1941) as they represented a particularly southern argument for woman suffrage as opposed to the northern, or National American Woman Suffrage Association, suffrage argument. As a Kentuckian, she believed she understood southern attitudes on the three major issues she encountered during her thirty-two years as a suffragist.
The three issues were those of woman's traditional role, the race question, and state versus federal legislation. The arguments of Miss Clay concerning these issues were premised on justice and expediency, which formed the rationale of suffragist rhetoric.
Her arguments, tailored to southerners, …