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Practicing Citizenship

"Explores women's conceptions of citizenship as articulated in their speeches at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Illustrates how, in addition to working for their own enfranchisement, women also modeled practices of democratic citizenship beyond the ballot"—Provided by publisher.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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