Silk Stockings and Ballot Boxes: Women and Politics in New Orleans, 1920-1963

Author/Contributor(s):	Tyler, Pamela
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	08/01/2009
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Viewing their involvement as a link between pre-1920s progressivism and 1960s feminism, Pamela Tyler tells how the upper- and middle-class women sought and exercised power at the state and local levels through lobbying, fundraising, endorsements, watchdog activities, volunteer work, voting, and candidacy.