Article covers the history of the antisuffrage movement in Oklahoma and describes key figures and organizations against women's suffrage from the founding of the Oklahoma state constitution to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote on a national level.
The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is to collect, preserve, and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. The OHS was founded on May 27, 1893, by members of the Territorial Press Association.
Article covers the history of the antisuffrage movement in Oklahoma and describes key figures and organizations against women's suffrage from the founding of the Oklahoma state constitution to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote on a national level.
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22 p. : ill.
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Abstract: The women's suffrage issue reached Oklahoma in 1907 when delegates met to write a constitution for the new state. Following arduous debate, antisuffragists and others successfully defeated an amendment to extend the vote to women, and "antis" continued the fight when the national women's suffrage movement gained momentum after World War I. Recognizing that most scholarly attention has focused on those who favored women's suffrage, Tally Fugate offers a thoughtful study of the Oklahoma antisuffrage movement and the key players who worked to keep women "in their place."
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The Chronicles of Oklahoma
The Chronicles of Oklahoma is the scholarly journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1921.