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Women's Suffrage in the United States: A Synthesis of the Contributing Factors in Suffrage Extension

Kirby, Timothy Joel
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8472-1715
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596119821783093

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2020, Master of Arts, Miami University, Economics.
Previous economic and political studies have struggled to explain the diffusion of suffrage to women in the United States. Western states tended to enfranchise women earlier in history relative to other states. The factors that led to female enfranchisement are not as well understood as with many other social movements. By analyzing the timing of suffrage extension across the US, we offer a comprehensive view of the contributing forces that led to women gaining the vote. While previous hypotheses demand some merit, none of them have been empirically grouped and tested against each other. The high number of males relative to females in the West seemed to spur the transitions toward suffrage, but closer analysis reveals legislative difficulty to enacting new laws, the relative strength of liquor interests, and particular effectiveness of suffragists may have played more substantial roles in suffrage extension patterns.
Melissa Thomasson (Advisor)
Austin Smith (Committee Member)
Greg Niemesh (Committee Member)
37 p.
Economic History; Economics
suffrage, thesis, economics, women, enfranchisement, history, economy, econometrics, vote, ballot

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  • Kirby, T. J. (2020). Women's Suffrage in the United States: A Synthesis of the Contributing Factors in Suffrage Extension [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596119821783093

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kirby, Timothy. Women's Suffrage in the United States: A Synthesis of the Contributing Factors in Suffrage Extension . 2020. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596119821783093.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kirby, Timothy. "Women's Suffrage in the United States: A Synthesis of the Contributing Factors in Suffrage Extension ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596119821783093

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