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Review: Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870–1920, by Sara Egge

Review: Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870–1920, by Sara Egge “a long genealogy of deliberately manipulating and distorting the truth in order to consolidate power” in the borderlands (p. 117). Huizar-Hernandez expertly utilizes the case of Reavis to underline not only “a historical land fraud but also the fault lines of the late nineteenth-century U.S. racial ima- ginary” (p. 39). Yale University KRIS KLEIN HERNANDEZ Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870–1920. By Sara Egge. (Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 2018. xi þ 233 pp.) A flourish of publications and museum exhibits honoring the centennial of the passage of the nineteenth amendment has highlighted the incredible diversity of people involved in woman suffrage. Historian Sara Egge’s notable contribution, Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870–1920, examines how suffrage advocates in Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota used their long-standing reputations as respected civic volunteers to convince their neighbors of their right to vote. By focusing on the efforts at the village and town level, Egge “illuminates the particularities of place that shaped woman suffrage and honors the emphasis on the local experience” (p. 5). Those particularities include ethnic enclaves of German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelander immigrants who often resisted assimilation into the Yankee ideals established by transplants http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pacific Historical Review University of California Press

Review: Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870–1920, by Sara Egge

Ciani, Kyle E.
Pacific Historical Review , Volume 90 (2): 2 – May 1, 2021
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University of California Press
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© 2021 by the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association
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0030-8684
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10.1525/phr.2021.90.2.268
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“a long genealogy of deliberately manipulating and distorting the truth in order to consolidate power” in the borderlands (p. 117). Huizar-Hernandez expertly utilizes the case of Reavis to underline not only “a historical land fraud but also the fault lines of the late nineteenth-century U.S. racial ima- ginary” (p. 39). Yale University KRIS KLEIN HERNANDEZ Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870–1920. By Sara Egge. (Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 2018. xi þ 233 pp.) A flourish of publications and museum exhibits honoring the centennial of the passage of the nineteenth amendment has highlighted the incredible diversity of people involved in woman suffrage. Historian Sara Egge’s notable contribution, Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870–1920, examines how suffrage advocates in Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota used their long-standing reputations as respected civic volunteers to convince their neighbors of their right to vote. By focusing on the efforts at the village and town level, Egge “illuminates the particularities of place that shaped woman suffrage and honors the emphasis on the local experience” (p. 5). Those particularities include ethnic enclaves of German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelander immigrants who often resisted assimilation into the Yankee ideals established by transplants

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Pacific Historical Review – University of California Press

Published: May 1, 2021

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