title: "Give the ladies a chance": gender and partisanship in the Prohibition Party, 1869-1912.
abstract: In the nineteenth-century Prohibition Party, American women ascribed new gendered meanings to party work traditionally performed by male partisans, and also drew upon their gendered roles as women, mothers, and wives to create new partisan strategies. This article investigates the political culture that sustained a remarkable departure from traditional Democratic and Republican practices, and further explores why women's contributions to the Prohibition Party declined in the early-twentieth century. In so doing, it traces how gender and gender roles shaped the meaning of party and politics, and elucidates the interplay between institutions, constituencies, and policy during one of America's most tumultuous political eras.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D032802:Committee Membership; D005783:Gender Identity; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009938:Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D011057:Politics; D012922:Social Change / Q000266:history; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014931:Women, Working / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology