Date of Award
Fall 2013
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History Department
First Advisor
Bruce Dorsey
Second Advisor
Farid Azfar
Abstract
This paper explores the rhetoric of the woman suffrage movement from a historical perspective. It maintains that suffragists were making arguments about justice and rights much more often—and for longer--than previous historians believed, and that such arguments appear to have been relatively useful in arguing for suffrage. It focuses on the late 19th through the very early 20th century, a period in which previous historians have claimed the “justice” argument was growing thin.
Recommended Citation
Lane, Heather , '14, "The Space Between "Justice" and "Expediency" in Woman’s Suffrage Speech, 1870-1920" (2013). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 525.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/525