05080cam a2200589 i 4500 23949502 BJBSDDR 20251204104054.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 241211s2024 nyuaf rb 001 0beng 2024440407 9781668010785 (hardcover) 166801078X (hardcover) 9781668010808 (ebook) 23949502 DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc 002 E 767 W754C 2024 973.91/3092 Cox, Christopher, 1952- 43646 Woodrow Wilson : the light withdrawn / Christopher Cox. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. xvi, 615 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-583) and index. 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. "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 With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his life and his role in the movements for racial equality and women's suffrage.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 moment when he ascended to the presidency in 1912, as the struggle for women's voting rights in America reached the tipping point. The first southern Democrat to occupy the White House since the Civil War era brought with him to Washington like-minded men who quickly set to work segregating the federal government. Wilson's own sympathy for Jim Crow and states' rights animated his years-long hostility to the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, which promised universal suffrage backed by federal enforcement. Women demonstrating for voting rights found themselves demonized in government propaganda, beaten and starved while illegally imprisoned, and even confined to the insane asylum. When, in the twilight of his second term, two-thirds of Congress stood on the threshold of passing the Anthony Amendment, Wilson abruptly switched his position. But in sympathy with like-minded southern Democrats, he acquiesced in a "race rider" that would protect Jim Crow. The heroes responsible for the eventual success of the unadulterated Anthony Amendment are brought to life by Christopher Cox, an author steeped in the ways of Washington and political power. This is a brilliant, carefully researched work that puts you at the center of one of the greatest advances in the history of American democracy"-- Provided by publisher. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. 6947 Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Relations with women. United States. Constitution. 19th Amendment History. Estados Unidos. Constitución 19.ª Enmienda Historia 6343 Presidents United States Biography. Presidentes Estados Unidos Biografías 1537 Women Suffrage United States History 20th century. Sufragio femenino Historia Estados Unidos Siglo XX 46366 African Americans Legal status, laws, etc. History 20th century. Segregación racial Afroamericanos Historia 26098 African Americans Segregation History 20th century. States' rights (American politics) History 20th century. United States Politics and government, 1913-1921. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1913-1921 46367 7 cbc origres 1 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 124417 124417 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2025-07-24 0 002 E 767 W754C 2024 00000194854 2025-07-24 22:01:00 1 2025-07-24 BK