Woodrow Wilson the light withdrawn
"More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his life and his role in the movements for racial equality and women's suffrage. The Wilson that emerges is a man superbly unsuited to the...
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2024.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Long past due. Kindred causes
- Woodrows and Wilsons
- Georgia memories
- Carolina years
- Bittersweet at Princeton
- Old maids and peeping Toms
- Two women
- Aryan men
- 'Greatest since Seneca Falls'
- Part II: Governor and president. 'Shall I not accept?'
- 'The least part of it'
- 'Walking on air'
- The suffrage inaugural
- 'Women should not be kept waiting any longer'
- 'A conviction all my life'
- 'Not one step nearer'
- 'A towering rage'
- 'He kept us out of suffrage'
- 'We might as well lie down and die'
- Part III: Holding back the tide. 'Impossible'
- The 'firm hand of stern repression'
- 'Lock them up'
- 'You ought not to have the vote'
- 'Traitor'
- 'The blood be on your head'
- A dangerous man to cross
- Unshaken
- Terror
- 'Any direction fraught'
- Part IV: Victory and defeat. Death warrant
- Who will get the credit?
- The long fortnight
- Toujours de l'Audace
- 'Things to be done at once'
- 'The apex of my glory'
- Sex, race, and Paris
- Adulterating Anthony
- 'This tardy act of justice'
- 'The last thing to be brought about'
- Epilogue.
