xii, 504 pages ; 21 cm

Includes index

How the woman suffrage movement began -- The averted triumph -- That adjective male -- The negro's hour -- Negro suffrage as a political necessity -- The first victory -- Politics after the war -- Two amendments and many women -- The woman's hour that never came -- The invisible enemy -- Special handicaps and hazards -- A new impulse -- Illinois : A turning point -- The story of Ohio -- The story of Iowa -- Woman suffrage by federal amendment -- The crises of 1916 -- The fighting forces -- The decisive battle -- More victories and more defeats -- The congress of the United States surrenders -- Campaigning for ratification -- Hard work for special sessions -- The legal tests begin -- Adding up the ratification column -- Last of all suffrage conventions -- The opposition grows grimmer -- The struggle for the thirty-sixth state -- The supreme court speaks -- Tennessee -- The states that did not ratify -- Conclusion -- Chronological record of the winning of woman suffrage by federal amendment -- Index

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