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The Education of the Woman Citizen, 1917-1918

Brown, Kathryn M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277150212

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
The intersection of the international suffrage movement and World War I created a unique opportunity to recast female citizenship. Nearly seven months after the United States officially entered the war, the passage of the New York State suffrage referendum redirected public discourse away from debates over women’s suffrage and towards their civic preparedness and citizenship. Analyzing women’s civics manuals published in the period after the New York victory, I argue that World War I sharply circumscribed the ways female citizenship could be articulated. Fears of sedition provided ammunition for the critiques of anti-suffragists who conflated radicalism, socialism, pacifism, and feminism with suffrage. In response, the manuals crafted an image of female citizenship which uncoupled feminism and suffrage and framed political participation as a maternal undertaking. Ultimately, the manuals cultivated a traditional female citizen in an effort to mitigate any association or sympathy women might have with radical thought. This thesis provides insight into the external pressures that encouraged women to maintain their pre-suffrage political approach.
Stephen Ortiz, PhD (Committee Chair)
Liette Gidlow, PhD (Committee Member)
95 p.
History
citizenship; women's suffrage; World War I; civics education

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  • Brown, K. M. (2010). The Education of the Woman Citizen, 1917-1918 [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277150212

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brown, Kathryn. The Education of the Woman Citizen, 1917-1918. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277150212.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brown, Kathryn. "The Education of the Woman Citizen, 1917-1918." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277150212

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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