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Helen Laura Sumner and the Woman Suffrage Movement

In: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Selection of Papers Presented at the First History of Economics Diversity Caucus Conference

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  • Vibha Kapuria-Foreman
  • Charles R. McCann

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Prior to the passage of the 20th amendment to the US Constitution in 1920, several states had extended the suffrage to women. Helen Laura Sumner (later Woodbury), a student of John R. Commons at Wisconsin, undertook a statistical study of the political, economic, and social impacts of the granting of voting rights to women in the state of Colorado, and subsequently defended the results against numerous attacks. In this paper, we present a brief account of the struggle for women’s equality in the extension of the suffrage and examine Sumner’s critical analysis of the evidence as to its effects, as well as the counterarguments to which she responded.

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  • Vibha Kapuria-Foreman & Charles R. McCann, 2023. "Helen Laura Sumner and the Woman Suffrage Movement," Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, in: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Selection of Papers Presented at the First History of Economics Diversity Cau, volume 41, pages 97-117, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rhetzz:s0743-41542023000041b006
    DOI: 10.1108/S0743-41542023000041B006
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    Keywords

    Helen Sumner; Equal Suffrage; woman suffrage; Colorado; Emma Goldman; Richard Barry; B15; B31;
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    JEL classification:

    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals

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