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The Woman's Hour

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by Elaine Weiss


  INDEX

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  abolition movement: and Anthony, 45, 52, 54, 191; Antis’ opposition to, 191; civil rights movements born of, 132; and Lincoln, 54, 55; schisms in, 62; and Women’s National Loyal League, 54–56; and women’s rights movement, 5, 45–47, 53, 55–56, 138, 191

  Adams, Abigail, 2, 61

  Addams, Jane, 122, 123, 333

  American Constitutional League, 41, 124, 172–73, 182, 189–91, 203, 247, 320

  American Equal Rights Association, 133

  American Woman Suffrage Association, 90, 136

  Anthony, Susan B.: and abolition movement, 45, 52, 54, 191; amendment fight in Congress, 90–91; and American Equal Rights Association, 134; and Antis’ museum exhibit, 182; arrest and trial of, 88–89; and attitudes toward suffrage, 145; and black voting rights, 132; campaigning of, 23; and Catt, 7, 23, 26, 53, 91; celebrity of, 145; central role in woman’s rights movement, 53; at Chicago World’s Fair, 1893, 144–45; and Clay, 208; death of, 27; defiant activism of, 88–89, 160; and Douglass, 136–37, 266; and elections of 2016, 337; and Fifteenth Amendment, 135; and Fourteenth Amendment, 133–34; and Gordon, 208; and National Woman Suffrage Association, 135; and New Departure strategy, 87–90; optimism of, 145; and racial dimensions of suffrage conflict, 132, 133–34, 135, 266; and Stanton, 52–53; tax protests advocated by, 109; and Upton, 200; vote cast in 1872 election, 88–89, 160; and White, 160; and Woman’s Party, 160

  Antis: anti-abolition sentiments of, 191; and anti-suffrage newspapers, 271; arrival in Nashville, 202–3; “biology is destiny” trope of, 118; and Bond’s resolution, 236, 245; bribery and influence peddling of, 272–73; and Burn, 309, 312, 315; and Burn’s mother, 313; and campaign donors, 99; campaign materials of, 239–40, 249–50; campaign motto of, 116; and Candler’s arguments, 261, 266; and Catt’s “outsiders” accusations, 191, 201; and Catt’s tirade, 190–91; Confederacy connections of, 199; and Constitutional League pressure, 247, 281; corporate support of, 273; and Cox, 223–24; Delaware win of, 16; depictions of Suffs, 151; diversity in coalition of, 116; and eve of special session, 213; fear as common denominator of, 116; financial backing of, 119, 229; focus on federal amendment, 124; former Suffs turned, 43 (see also Clay, Laura; Gordon, Kate); and garden party of Washington, 208–10; and Harding, 113, 114, 126–27; headquarters of, 43; and house debate/votes on ratification, 299–300, 303; and Jack Daniel’s Suite, 214, 228; and liquor interests complicity, 228–29; male supporters of, 203; and museum exhibit, 181–82; and news of Nineteenth Amendment, 320; and “oath of office” argument, 172–73, 190; petitions to recall ratification, 95; and “petticoat government” argument, 260–61, 262, 263, 265; and Pinckard’s open letter to Catt, 131–32, 140–41, 152; and pledges for ratification opposition, 276–77; and political hostilities in Nashville, 271; power and influence of, in later decades, 332–33; “proper sphere” argument of, 121–22, 224; and public debate, 251, 253, 254–55; and racial dimensions of suffrage conflict, 131–32, 319; racist propaganda of, 249–50, 278, 299–300; rallies and meetings after ratification victory, 316, 318–19, 323; and “Red Rose Brigade,” 317–18; and Roberts, 124, 125, 168, 262; rose colors of, 198; and senate debate/vote on ratification, 263, 267; and southern manhood, 250; and Stanton’s Woman’s Bible, 204–5, 270; and states granting suffrage, 42–43; states’ rights emphasis of, 44, 124, 125, 199, 224; and Vertrees, 39; and vote on ratification, 248; and Walker, 226, 232, 309–10, 314; welcoming reception, 204–6; white supremacy, 44. See also Pearson, Josephine; Pinckard, Nina; Rowe, Charlotte

  Arkansas, 95

  Astor, Nancy, 201–2

  Atlantic Coast Line, 275, 282

  attitudes toward suffrage, 4–5, 38–39, 42, 144–46

  Baker, Abby, 187, 225, 233–34, 247–48, 276

  Baltimore Afro-American, 321–22

  Belmont, Alva, 58, 192–93, 209, 321, 325, 331

  black citizens: and Black Codes, 132–33; and black suffrage clubs, 187–88; and black women voters, 71, 125, 139, 234; and Bond’s call for mass meetings, 243; challenges faced by, 137; and Crump, 166–67; and demands for equality, 129; disenfranchisement of, 181–82, 204, 321–22, 325, 327–28, 329; and elections of 1920, 327–28; and Fifteenth Amendment, 134–35; and Fourteenth Amendment, 67; and Great Migration, 129, 234; and interracial marriage, 265–66; and Jim Crow, 11, 90, 125, 129, 140; and limited suffrage in Tennessee, 34; in political office, 261–62, 300; and Vertrees’ objections to suffrage, 39–40; violence against, 66, 129, 133, 140, 327–28; voting power of, 184, 234, 248; and Voting Rights Act of 1965, 328; wartime service of, 129; and white suffragists, 5, 187–88, 328. See also racial dimensions of suffrage conflict

  Blackwell, Henry, 90, 136

  Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 108, 192

  Bloch, Jesse, 95

  Bond, William, 235–36, 242, 245–46

  Boyer, C. Fulton, 169, 226, 285–86

  Brandegee, Frank, 97, 98, 126, 275, 282, 327

  Brandeis, Louis, 320

  Brooks, Charles Wesley, 287, 291–92, 299, 316, 318

  Brown, Foster V., 172–73

  Brownlow, William “Parson,” 235

  Bryan, William Jennings, 41

  Burn, Harry: ambivalence of, 288; Antis’ attacks on, 309, 312, 314, 318; background of, 169–70; and Bond’s resolution, 245; and campaigning of suffragists, 164, 170; and Candler, 217–18, 305, 315; and elections of 1920, 327; and Hays’s push for ratification, 244; and house debate/votes on ratification, 288, 299, 301, 305, 306, 307; mother’s letter to, 305–6, 313, 315–16; opposition to ratification, 226; post-ratification career of, 338; statement offered by, 315; and Walker’s reconsideration motion, 314, 317

  Burn, Phoebe (Febb) Ensminger, 306, 312–13, 315–16

  Burns, Lucy, 62, 82–83, 92, 158, 193

  Bush, Paul, 279

  Calhoun, Martin Lee, 203

  California, 42, 124, 289, 291

  Cameron, Walter, 205

  Canale, George, 286–87, 306

  Candler, Herschel: and Burn, 217–18, 305, 315; and campaigning of suffragists, 164, 169, 177, 180–81; on Catt, 261, 265–66; opposition to ratification, 164, 177, 181, 225; and pre-session caucus, 217–18, 238; and referral of amendment to committee, 238, 243; and RNC’s push for ratification, 244; and senate debate/vote on ratification, 260–61

  Carter, Finney, 225

  Cates, Charles, 253

  Catt, Carrie: and amendment fight in Congress, 92–93; and amendment’s ratification, 308; and Anthony, 7, 23, 26, 53, 91; Antis’ portrayal of, 44; arrival in Tennessee, 1, 7, 20–21, 31–32; and attitudes toward suffrage, 144, 145; background of, 16–17, 24–26; blue ratification dress of, 87, 93–94, 96, 264; and Burn’s mother, 316; campaigning of, 165, 170–71, 182; and Candler’s arguments, 261, 265–66, 270; and celebration at Poli’s Theatre, 321; charge to women voters, 323–24; and church bells celebrating enfranchisement, 323; and Cox, 77; and Crump, 167; and data on legislators, 143–44; death of, 338; departure from Nashville, 319; and Douglass’s funeral, 138; and drunk legislators, 247; and Du Bois, 139; and elections of 1920, 325, 326; and elections of 2016, 337; and Emergency Corps, 97; and Equal Rights Amendment, 330; exclusive emphasis on suffrage, 139–40; government monitoring of, 10, 338; and Hanover, 258; and Harding, 77, 126–27, 186–87, 257; and Hay (Mollie), 27; and Hays’s push for ratification, 244, 293; headstone of, 335; heart problems of, 184, 185, 242; and house debate/votes on ratification, 286, 293, 297, 304, 308; international suffrage work of, 15, 24, 330; at Kiwanis Club, 146–47, 149–50; and Lea, 37; and League of Women Voters, 244, 264, 311, 330, 335; and Leslie estate, 193–95; and liquor bottle incident, 271–72; and McKellar, 216; mission of, 7, 17
, 18; and monument to suffragists, 336; mother of, 17, 313; and NAWSA/NWP rift, 23–24; and New Jersey referendum, 81; and newspaper attack on Roberts, 29; and New York, 146; optimism of, 142, 145–46, 150, 311; outlook on ratification vote, 16, 21, 73, 277, 295; on outsiders’ influence, 186, 189–91, 196, 201; pacifism of, 84, 123, 333, 338; and parade of 1913, 80; and parade of 1920, 322; and Paul’s NWP, 20, 73; and Pearson, 21–22, 191, 196–97; Pinckard’s open letter addressing, 131–32, 140–41, 152; and pledge changes of legislators, 281; and political hostilities in Nashville, 270–71; and political party participation, 331; on politics, 225, 305; and polls of legislators, 34–35, 142–43, 150, 151, 171, 227, 295–96; post-ratification career of, 338; as president of NAWSA, 17, 23, 26, 27, 82, 91, 92; and press release on assured victory in Tennessee, 150, 151, 152, 164; and proclamation-signing ceremony, 319–20; and Prohibition, 9; racial politics of, 21, 34, 131–32, 138–41, 265–66, 277; and ratification dance, 310, 319; on rifts and rivalries, 218; and Roberts, 65, 71–73, 327; and Rowe, 117, 120, 123; and rumors of plots against ratification, 182, 183; and senate debate/vote on ratification, 263–64, 265; and “southern strategy,” 138, 209; and special session of legislature, 242–43; and Stanton’s Woman’s Bible, 182, 204–5, 270, 287; and state ratification campaigns, 95, 96–97; strategy sessions in room of, 211–12, 213, 214, 242, 295; and Tarbell, 122; tirade on Consitutional League, 189–90; and Tumulty, 268, 269; and Upton, 200–201; and victory brooch, 264; and victory in Nashville, 310, 317; victory statement of, 310–11; and “Wake Up America” tour, 96–97; and Walker, 176, 225, 227; and White, 61; and Wilson, 83, 84–85, 92, 321; and Wilson burned in effigy by NWP, 160; “Winning Plan” strategy of, 27, 61, 142, 195; and World War I, 84, 92, 140. See also National American Woman Suffrage Association

  Chattanooga Times, 12–13, 269–70, 271, 279

  Chicago World’s Fair, 1893, 144

  Christian, George, 126

  Church, Robert, Jr., 167

  civil rights movements, 5, 62, 132, 335

  Civil War: Confederate veterans of, 199, 243; cultural impact of, 2, 5; and Forrest’s Fort Pillow Massacre, 199; and Fourteenth Amendment, 133; and Pearson, 18; and Reconstruction, 39, 204, 250; and senate debate/vote on ratification, 263; and states’ rights, 329; and Union loyalists in Tennessee, 30; and Vertrees’ objections to suffrage, 39–40; and women’s rights work, 53

  Clay, Laura, 43, 203, 208–10, 251, 277

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 336–37

  Colby, Bainbridge, 319–20

  Collins, C. C., 263

  Colorado, 91

  Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, 81–82, 108, 209. See also National Woman’s Party

  Connecticut, 43, 97, 98, 100, 103, 126, 263, 275, 320

  Coolidge, Calvin, 13, 78, 326

  Cox, James: and Antis’ campaigns, 124, 125, 168–69, 191, 209–10, 223–24; and black votes, 248; Catt’s pressuring of, 186; and conspiracy theory, 282; and Constitutional League pressure, 189–90; and DNC’s push for ratification, 183; earnestness of, 144; and faltering of amendment, 233–34; and house debate/votes on ratification, 298; lack of influence, 216; and League of Nations, 86, 223, 298, 310; optimism of, 247–48; and Paul, 233–34; and Pearson’s Anti campaign, 191; and plans to travel to Nashville, 241, 251; post-ratification career of, 338; presidential candidacy of, 10, 13, 74, 76–78, 86, 98, 186; and Roberts, 19, 77, 206, 222, 234, 241, 248, 251, 282, 298; and special session of legislature, 222; and Stahlman’s opposition to ratification, 255; statements supporting suffrage, 19, 100; and Upton, 201; and Walker, 176, 211, 225; and Woman’s Party, 76–77

  Crump, Edward Hull, 166–68, 215, 219

  Crutcher, William Absalom, 199

  Daugherty, Harry, 276

  Delaware, 8, 15–16, 97, 116, 267

  Democratic National Committee (DNC), 99–100, 244, 281

  Dodson, Tom, 316–17

  Douglass, Frederick, 4, 50–52, 133–34, 136–38, 182, 191, 266

  Du Bois, W. E. B., 139

  Dudley, Anne Dallas: and Bond’s resolution, 237; and Catt’s arrival in Nashville, 29; and Catt’s outlook on Tennessee, 21; and eve of special session, 211; and house debate/votes on ratification, 289–90, 307; influence of, 39, 151; and introduction of amendment, 177; and joint resolution, 225; and McFarland’s resolution on outsiders, 249; and monument to suffragists, 336; and pledge changes of legislators, 281; post-ratification career of, 338; and public debate, 249, 251–52; and rumors of plots against ratification, 212; and victory in Nashville, 310; and Walker, 176; and White, 60–61, 62–63; and Wilson, 83

  Dudley, Guilford, 237

  elections of 1920, 244, 325–28

  elections of 2016, 336–37

  Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 330–31, 334, 338, 339, 340

  Fairchild, Charles S., 172

  Fawcett, Millicent, 27, 62

  feminism: and American Equal Rights Association, 136; and Antis’ campaigns, 127; Pearson’s view of, 18, 44; and Rowe, 118, 120; second wave, 334–35; and Stanton’s Woman’s Bible, 204–5; and Tarbell, 121–22

  Fifteenth Amendment, 134–35, 204, 239, 250

  Flanagan, Catherine, 154, 179–80, 213, 215, 297

  Florida, 43, 327–28

  Forbes, Edwin, 216

  force bills, 181–82, 204

  Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 199

  Founding Fathers, 2, 4, 8

  Fourteenth Amendment: and “force bills,” 181, 204; imposed on Tennessee, 67, 235, 238–39; reactions of suffragists to, 133–34; and woman suffrage strategies, 87, 89, 90

  French, Lizzie Crozier, 58, 107

  Frick, George Arnold, 221, 226

  Frierson, William L., 68

  Frothingham, Harriet, 202–3

  Gardener, Helen, 93, 268

  Garrett, Finis, 252–53

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 46, 47, 52, 55–56, 133, 134

  Georgia, 8, 289, 325

  Gordon, Kate, 43, 203, 208–10, 251, 277

  Gram, Alice, 174

  Gram, Betty: arrival in Tennessee, 215; assigned to Memphis and West Division, 154, 174–76; background of, 173–75; and Burn, 288, 299, 306; campaigning of, 178–79; fund-raising efforts of, 192; and house debate/votes on ratification, 288, 297, 299, 306; post-ratification career of, 338; trepidation of, 179; and Walker confrontation, 227, 230–31, 258, 290; and Walker’s defection, 225, 227; and White’s strategy for special session, 213

  Grayson, Cary, 82, 268

  Great Britain, 62, 120, 198

  Green, John, 305

  Grimké, Angelina, 52

  Gwinn, Lambert Estes, 251, 255, 259

  Hall, Frank, 236

  Hanover, Joseph: and Bond’s resolution, 242; and bribery and influence peddling, 273; and Brooks’s family emergency, 287–88, 292, 299, 316; and Burn, 312, 314; and Dodson’s family emergency, 316–17; as floor leader for ratification, 258; and house committee deliberation, 282; and house debate/votes on ratification, 287–88, 291–92, 299, 301, 302, 304–5, 306, 307; outlook on ratification vote, 277; police protection for, 279; and political hostilities in Nashville, 271; post-ratification career of, 338–39; reelection of, 215, 219; and removal of spectators, 284; support for ratification, 179, 242, 258, 267, 294; threats against, 279, 314; and Walker’s reconsideration motion, 314, 317

  Harding, Florence, 104–5, 107, 111, 268, 276

  Harding, Warren G.: ambivalence of, 178, 275; and Antis’ campaigns, 113, 114, 124, 126–27; background of, 104–5; and Baker, 276; and Candler, 261; and Catt, 77, 126–27, 186–87; constitutionality argument, 293; and Constitutional League pressure, 185–87, 189–90; extramarital entanglements of, 110–12; and house debate/votes on ratification, 289, 293; and Notification Day, 19, 102–7, 109–10, 112–14, 201; and Paul, 103, 126–27, 187; presidential candidacy of, 10, 13, 98; presidential term of, 326; and public debate, 2
54; and railroad interests, 275; refusals of pleas for intervention, 77, 97, 185–87; and Republican caucus, 217; and RNC’s push for ratification, 244; statements opposing ratification, 254, 255, 257, 268, 276, 281, 289, 293; statements supporting suffrage, 100–101, 113, 127, 310; and Upton, 201

  Harding-Coolidge Republican League, 178, 187

  Haston, Ernest, 260

  Havemeyer, Louisine, 106, 107–10, 112, 156–59, 192, 201

  Hay, Mary “Mollie” Garrett: and Catt, 27, 322; and elections of 1920, 325; and elections of 2016, 337; headstone of, 335; and labor reform, 119; and New York, 27, 146; and passage of amendment, 93; personality of, 27–28; and victory in Nashville, 310; and Wadsworth, 275; and Wilson burned in effigy by NWP, 159–60

  Hays, Will: and Candler, 238; and Harding’s extramarital entanglements, 110–12; and Harding’s letter of opposition, 257, 268, 293; and pressure on Harding, 186; and RNC’s push for ratification, 183, 244; suffragists’ requests for help from, 222, 226, 274, 293; and Upton, 200

  Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 179–80

  Hicks, Frederick, 92

  Higgins, Joseph, 233, 310

  Hill, Albert, 263

  Holcomb, Marcus, 97, 104

  Hooper, Ben, 215, 217, 244, 254, 311

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 10, 334

  Hotel Hermitage: as central meeting place, 21, 23, 29, 181, 202; hostilities in, 278; and Jack Daniel’s Suite, 214, 228, 247, 273, 279, 314

  Houk, John, 127, 244, 254, 262, 265, 274

  Howe, Julia Ward, 136

  Hughes, Charles Evans, 147, 171–72

  Hull, Cordell, 150

  Hunt, Ward, 89

  Hyde, Clara, 97, 197

  Illinois, 94, 124

  imprisonment of suffragists: for bonfire protests, 155–56; for burning Wilson in effigy, 13–14, 157–59; and hunger strikes, 155, 159, 174; for picketing, 174, 179

  International Alliance of Women, 330

  International Woman Suffrage Alliance, 15, 17, 24, 27, 84, 330

  Iowa Woman Suffrage Association, 24–26

  Jim Crow, 11, 90, 125, 129, 140

 

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