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- catalog abstract "In Rampant Women, Linda J. Lumsden offers an in-depth look at the intersection between the woman suffrage movement and the constitutional right to assemble peaceably. Beginning in 1908, women activists took to the streets in a variety of public gatherings and protests in a bold attempt to win the right to vote. Lumsden shows how outdoor pageants, conventions, petition drives, soapbox speaking at open-air meetings, the use of symbolic expression, and picketing - all manifestations of the right of assembly - played an instrumental role in the woman suffrage movement. Without these innovative forms of protest, Lumsden argues, women might not be voting today in the United States. Tracing the strengths and weaknesses of American women's struggle for freedom of expression prior to the twentieth century, Lumsden shows how the suffragists' new tactics forged solidarity among women and legitimized the movement. When they spoke, marched, and picketed, suffragists not only challenged legal restrictions regarding public assemblies, they defied traditional ideas about how women should behave. Lumsden also examines the legal and social origins of the right to assembly and contends that women's exercise of their First Amendment rights helped prod the legal establishment to ensure protection for gatherings by other political dissidents as well. The right of assembly provided the foundation for every step of the fifty-year struggle for woman suffrage. As Lumsden demonstrates, these assemblies helped change the nation's concept of democracy and helped women move from the private, domestic sphere into the public, political sphere. An exciting exploration of a turning point in American history, Rampant Women is a unique chronicle of how freedom of expression effected peaceful social change.".
- catalog contributor b10439430.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "In Rampant Women, Linda J. Lumsden offers an in-depth look at the intersection between the woman suffrage movement and the constitutional right to assemble peaceably. Beginning in 1908, women activists took to the streets in a variety of public gatherings and protests in a bold attempt to win the right to vote. Lumsden shows how outdoor pageants, conventions, petition drives, soapbox speaking at open-air meetings, the use of symbolic expression, and picketing - all manifestations of the right of assembly - played an instrumental role in the woman suffrage movement. Without these innovative forms of protest, Lumsden argues, women might not be voting today in the United States.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-261) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : women and freedom of expression before the twentieth century -- The right of association : mass meetings, delegations, and conventions -- The open-air campaigns : suffragists take their message to the streets -- Petitions : the power and limits of women's sole political tool -- Parades : shoulder to shoulder, women march -- Pageants : acting onstage and offstage -- Picketing : women's first battle for first amendment rights -- Conclusion : the legacy of suffrage assemblies.".
- catalog description "The right of assembly provided the foundation for every step of the fifty-year struggle for woman suffrage. As Lumsden demonstrates, these assemblies helped change the nation's concept of democracy and helped women move from the private, domestic sphere into the public, political sphere. An exciting exploration of a turning point in American history, Rampant Women is a unique chronicle of how freedom of expression effected peaceful social change.".
- catalog description "Tracing the strengths and weaknesses of American women's struggle for freedom of expression prior to the twentieth century, Lumsden shows how the suffragists' new tactics forged solidarity among women and legitimized the movement. When they spoke, marched, and picketed, suffragists not only challenged legal restrictions regarding public assemblies, they defied traditional ideas about how women should behave. Lumsden also examines the legal and social origins of the right to assembly and contends that women's exercise of their First Amendment rights helped prod the legal establishment to ensure protection for gatherings by other political dissidents as well.".
- catalog extent "xxxii, 273 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0870499866 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "324.6/23/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Assembly, Right of United States History.".
- catalog subject "Feminism United States History.".
- catalog subject "JK1896 .L86 1997".
- catalog subject "Women Suffrage United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : women and freedom of expression before the twentieth century -- The right of association : mass meetings, delegations, and conventions -- The open-air campaigns : suffragists take their message to the streets -- Petitions : the power and limits of women's sole political tool -- Parades : shoulder to shoulder, women march -- Pageants : acting onstage and offstage -- Picketing : women's first battle for first amendment rights -- Conclusion : the legacy of suffrage assemblies.".
- catalog title "Rampant women : suffragists and the right of assembly / Linda J. Lumsden.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".