The (Prohibitionist) Causes and (Populist) Consequences of Female Suffrage: Comparative-Historical Political Development in the Northern Great Plains States and Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1910-1920

• In Event: The Feminist Revolution: Past and Present

Brief Overview

The issue of prohibition significantly shaped the path that plains states/provinces took to achieving female suffrage. These distinct paths in turn had significant consequences for the political feasibility of populist electoral appeals in each.

Author

• Gerard Boychuk, University of Waterloo