Free, Laura E., 1971- author.
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
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• The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as ‘male.’ In doing so, it added gender-specific language to the U.S. Constitution for the first time. Suffrage Reconstructed is the first book to consider how and why the amendment’s authors made this decision. Free takes readers into the pre- and postwar fights over precisely who should have the right to vote. Free demonstrates that all men, black and white, were the ultimate victors of these fights, as gender became the single most important marker of voting rights during Reconstruction — Provided by publisher.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Introduction : we, the people — The white man’s government — Manhood and citizenship — The family politic — The rights of men — That word male — White women’s rights — Conclusion : by reason of race.

Subjects:

• Women — Suffrage — United States — History — 19th century.
• African Americans — Suffrage — History — 19th century.
• Suffrage — United States — History — 19th century.
• Womens rights — United States — History — 19th century.;United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment.;United States — Politics and government — 19th century.;Constitution (United States) fast (OCoLC)fst01356075;African Americans — Suffrage. fast (OCoLC)fst00799713;Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741;Suffrage. fast (OCoLC)fst01137187;Women — Suffrage. fast (OCoLC)fst01176996;Womens rights. fast (OCoLC)fst01178818
• United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
• 1800 – 1899 fast

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