New Political History Endorsed by President of the University of OKlahoma Former Senator David Boren
Few women today can claim membership in a politically active organization. But this was not always the case. In "Who’s Rocking the Cradle? Women Pioneers of Oklahoma Politics from Socialism to the KKK, 1900-1930," Suzanne Schrems uncovers the roots of Oklahoma women's political culture.
(PRWEB) August 26, 2004 -- Few women today can claim membership in
politically active organization. But this was not always the case. In "Who’s
Rocking the Cradle? Women Pioneers of Oklahoma Politics from Socialism to the
KKK, 1900-1930," Suzanne Schrems uncovers the roots of Oklahoma women's
political culture.
"Who’s Rocking the Cradle?" begins on the left with
the activities of Oklahoma women, who organized and promoted the Socialist party
to Oklahoma farmers during the economic uncertainty of frontier settlement. But
after the Oklahoma Socialist party started to wane in 1916 and after passage of
women's suffrage in state in 1918, the more ideologically centered Oklahoma
women became involved in politics to educate Oklahomans. They focused especially
on women and the responsibilities of citizenship and the meaning of good
government.
As the country turned more to the right after the First
World War, so too did the women's political culture. By the mid-1920s, many
Oklahoma women joined such ultra-conservative organizations as the Ku Klux Klan
to fight against what they perceived as erosion in values of traditional
America.
Suzanne Schrems also highlights in "Who’s Rocking the Cradle?" the
Oklahoma women who ran and were elected to political office. From Democrat Mrs.
Lamar Looney from Hollis, who was elected to the Oklahoma state house to
Republican Alice Robertson from Muskogee, who was elected to the United States
House of Representatives in 1920, Schrems traces Oklahoma women's political
activities and contributions to state and national politics.
"Who’s
Rocking the Cradle? Pioneer Women of Oklahoma Politics from Socialism to the
KKK, 1900-1930"
by Suzanne H. Schrems, Ph.D.
ISBN 0-972221727
$15.95
Available from Horse Creek Publications, Ingram, National Book
Network(Biblio), Quality Books Amazon and B&N.
Sue Schrems
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