New York State Women Who Sought Elective Office Before State Woman Suffrage: An Introduction To The Web Site HerHatWasInTheRing.org
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
6-3-2017
Published In
The Seventeenth Berkshire Conference On The History Of Women, Genders, And Sexualities
Abstract
Jill Norgren, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, CUNY, will give a brief sampling from her website project, “Her Hat Was in the Ring” (www.herhatwasinthering.org), focusing on the New York women who did not wait for woman suffrage to run for office before 1917. The “HerHat” team has identified more than 3,000 women candidates for elective office in the United States from the late 19th century through 1920, and has included biographical information, campaign information, images, and selected resources. This Berks presentation will provide a brief sketch of the 159 women who, in both partisan and non-partisan campaigns, sought elective office in New York State from the 1870s to 1917. It will also compare patterns of New York women’s campaigning and election with other states where woman suffrage was granted before the ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Conference
The Seventeenth Berkshire Conference On The History Of Women, Genders, And Sexualities
Conference Dates
June 1-4, 2017
Conference Location
Hempstead, NY
Recommended Citation
J. Norgren and Wendy E. Chmielewski.
(2017).
"New York State Women Who Sought Elective Office Before State Woman Suffrage: An Introduction To The Web Site HerHatWasInTheRing.org".
The Seventeenth Berkshire Conference On The History Of Women, Genders, And Sexualities.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/sta-libraries/102
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