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Politics and Women - Later 19th Century

The history of women in politics in the later years of the 19th century.
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Iowa Origins of Organized Republican Women
Jo Freeman (2000) details the 19th century origins of Republican women's service, focusing on efforts of J. Ellen Foster.

One Man, One Vote; One Woman, One Throat
"Women in New York City Politics, 1890-1910." Article by Jo Freeman, 2001, on the role of women politicians, especially in the Republican party, at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

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