Arkansas Women and the Right to Vote

Women from all over Arkansasleft out of the civil rights granted bythe postCivil War Reconstruction Amendmentstook part in a longstruggle to gain the primary civil right of American citizens: voting. The states capital city of Little Rock served as the focal point not only for suffrage work in Arkansas, but also for the states contribution to the nationwide nonviolent campaign for womens suffrage that reached its climax between 1913 and 1920. Based on original research, Cahills book relates the history of some of those who contributed to this victorious struggle, reveals long-forgotten photographs, includes a map of the locations of meetings and rallies, and provides a list of Arkansas suffragists who helped ensure that discrimination could no longer exclude women from participation in the political life of the state and nation.