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Struggle for Unity: Boston Women and School Suffrage

March 24, 2009

Polly Kaufman professor, American studies, University of Southern Maine

Polly Kaufman explains how Boston suffrage leaders worked to keep the goal of achieving full suffrage in the forefront despite controversies that developed among women based on societal and ethnic differences.

When the state legislature granted Massachusetts women the right to vote in school committee elections in 1879, some advocates believed it was an "entering wedge" that would soon lead to full suffrage for the state's women. Although it was not to be, women responded to new challenges that reflected the broader divisions in the broader community.

This lecture is part of "March to the Polls: Massachusetts and the Woman Suffrage Movement", a collaboration between Old South Meeting House and The Massachusetts Historical Society.

Series:

Ken Burns: National Parks Series

Topics: Culture & Identity | Education | History | Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: Activism | education history | school board | suffragettes | voting rights | women's education | Classroom & Community | North American | Women's Issues

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Author: Polly Welts Kaufman

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (2006)

Binding: Paperback, 352 pages

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