UID:
almahu_9949597657202882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781501701092 (ebook) :
Content:
The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as 'male'. In so doing, it added gender-specific language to the US Constitution for the first time. This study considers how and why the amendment's authors made this decision. Vividly detailing congressional floor bickering and activist campaigning, it takes readers into the pre- and postwar fights over precisely who should have the right to vote, and demonstrates that all men, black and white, were the ultimate victors.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2015.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780801450860
Language:
English
URL:
Cornell scholarship online
