Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new south

"Kentucky native Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872-1920) was at the forefront of the suffrage movement at both the state and national levels. The great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and a descendant of several prominent Bluegrass families, Breckinridge inherited a sense of noblesse oblige that compelled her to speak for women's rights. However, it was her physical struggles and personal losses that transformed her from a privileged socialite into a selfless advocate for the disadvantaged. She devoted much of her life to the struggle for equal voting rights, but she also promoted the antituberculosis movement, social programs for the poor, compulsory school attendance, and laws regulating child labor."--From publisher's website.

שנה

2009

שפה

English

הוצאה

University Press of Kentucky

מהדורות

1

עמודים

353

ISBN

9780813125329

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata