It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Women Who Paved the Way at the Turn of the Century in Schoharie County by Karen Cuccinello
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Suffrage, Politics & Other ConquestsRural counties such as Schoharie were not hot-beds for women's rights but although quieter, they still made their mark in the overall quest for suffrage.This book portrays women, with roots in Schoharie County, who fought for their right to vote or were first to enter previously male dominated fields.On November 6, 1917 the men of New York State voted to give women full suffrage. Schoharie County voted the amendment down in but the majority of the State voted the measure into law. On August 18, 1920 the 19th Amendment became part of the Constitution giving women the right to vote in every state of the union. This book includes 154 biographies and pictures of Schoharie County women who engaged in areas commonly coordinated by men from the mid 1800's through the 1980's. Of the 154 women; 129 were married, 25 were spinsters, 60 had children, 30 acquired a higher education, 42 had occupations outside of the home, 41 were married to professionals (doctors, lawyers, merchants etc.), 65 listed affiliations with the democrat party, 21 as republicans, 4 were divorced and 3 left their husbands.Some of the key players in the Schoharie County suffrage movement, in alphabetical order, were: Carrie (Winters) Albro of Middleburgh, Huldah (Akeley) Bice from Fulton/Cobleskill, Miss Dora Cohn of Cobleskill, Eleanor (Manning) Frisbie and Miss Cornelia M. Frisbie (mother daughter) of Middleburgh, Grace (Nichols) Gockley of Jefferson, Minnie (Dutcher) Humphrey of Cobleskill, Miss Mary Elizabeth Hutt of Cobleskill, Lavilla (VanDeusen) Jones of Jefferson/Cobleskill, Mary (Wright) Jump of Summit, Jessie (VanSchaick) Norton of Cobleskill, Aneta (Marsh) Proper of Schoharie, Flora (Chapman) Schaeffer of Blenheim, Eleanor (Sperry) Taylor of Schoharie, Marion (Craig) Trainor/Lienau of Sharon, Annice (Maynard) Veley of Jefferson/Blenheim and Ernestine (Billings) Williams of Gilboa.
Women Who Paved the Way at the Turn of the Century in Schoharie County by Karen Cuccinello is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.
This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read Women Who Paved the Way at the Turn of the Century in Schoharie County aloud.
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