The 75-Year Struggle for Womens Enfranchisement
It took more than three generations of struggle to win the vote for half the population of the United States. The fight for women\u2019s suffrage rose out of the battle for slavery\u2019s abolition and later foundered in the backlash against Reconstruction, gaining new life with the social upheavals of the early 20th century. Historian Ellen Carol Dubois discusses the advances and setbacks, fractures and divisions of the 75-year-long struggle for women\u2019s enfranchisement.\nResources:\nEllen Carol DuBois, Suffrage: Women\u2019s Long Battle for the Vote Simon and Schuster, 2021\nThe post The 75-Year Struggle for Women\u2019s Enfranchisement appeared first on KPFA.