Gentle Persuaders: Utah's First Women Legislators, in Carol Cornwall Madsen, ed., Battle for the Ballot: Essays on Woman Suffrage in Utah, 1870-1896

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Gentle Persuaders: Utah's First Women Legislators, in Carol Cornwall Madsen, ed., Battle for the Ballot: Essays on Woman Suffrage in Utah, 1870-1896
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