An extensive interaction, on a much broader scale than is generally recognized or acknowledged, took place between the British and American woman suffrage movements between 1900 and 1914. During these years, suffragists in the two movements engaged in correspondence, visits, and speaking tours. Personal relationships developed which affected the course of both suffrage campaigns. Tactics and strategies were borrowed from the other country, though most of this interchange tended to be from Britain to the United States. Ongoing and lengthy coverage in the suffrage newspapers in both countries reported the interaction and kept participants aware of the common goals of the two movements. An international suffrage organization, in which suffragists of both countries participated, further connected the two movements. The outbreak of World War I in August 1914 brought the period of extensive interaction between the two movements to an end This study isolates and analyzes the interaction and connecting links between the British and American suffrage movements from 1900 to 1914. Seven particular areas are emphasized and evaluated: (1) the personal relationships, some of which resulted in friendships; (2) the bonds of 'sisterhood' and common cause generated by the two movements as each worked toward the common goal of female suffrage; (3) the participation in each other's organizations, meetings, conventions, demonstrations, and parades; (4) the speaking tours and visits, including hospitality arrangements, itineraries, and target audiences and groups; (5) the utilization of each other's situation as a stimulus to the movement in the other country; (6) the 'copying' and use of each other's tactics and methods; and (7) the influence of the international suffrage movement on the interaction. These areas are evaluated through an examination of the correspondence between the suffragists and suffrage organizations; the diaries and journals of the suffragists; the memoirs of the women involved in the two movements; the pamphlets and articles written by the participants at the time; and the coverage in the suffrage newspapers, as well as other newspapers, in Great Britain and the United States. A comparison of the British and American woman suffrage movements, as well as the impact of militancy upon the two movements, is an integral part of this study / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_23976 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Contributors | Harrison, Patricia Greenwood (Author), Bernstein, George L (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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