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Michigan's Con-Con 11: Women and State Constitution-making in 1961

Autor Lynn Liberato
en Limba Engleză Paperback – noi 2025
Michigan’s Con-Con 11 highlights the contributions of the eleven female delegates to the 1961–1962 Michigan Constitutional Convention. As the first female delegates to a state of Michigan constitutional convention, these pioneers demonstrated that women were more than capable of helping to revise Michigan’s highest law. Their examples encouraged other women to enter politics during a time when few women held state or federal public office. Following the women’s Con-Con journey over seven and a half months, the book offers a general overview of what a state constitutional convention is and what it means to be a delegate. Michigan’s Con-Con 11 both educates the reader on constitution-making and sheds new light on an exciting moment in Michigan political history.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781611865530
ISBN-10: 1611865530
Pagini: 220
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Michigan State University Press
Colecția Michigan State University Press

Notă biografică

Lynn Liberato received a 2024 State History Award for her article “Con-Con’s Petticoat Revolt: Women at the 1961 Constitutional Convention.” She is a retired Michigan attorney who has written on several topics related to Michigan history and judicial commentary.

Recenzii

“Speaking as the daughter of one of the Con-Con 11, and as a fifty-plus-year leader in the League of Women Voters, I found Lynn Liberato’s book captures the essence of an untold story of revising Michigan’s constitution. The author composed a fascinating and meticulously researched book. By highlighting the role of the women delegates, she reveals a more complete picture of the entire experience, and I found it a joy to read.” — Betsy Cushman, former vice president of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, former president of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, Dearborn-Dearborn Heights, and daughter of Katherine Cushman, one of the Con-Con11

“Lynn Liberato has written a splendid book. The scholarship behind it is amazing. Using the 3,316 pages of the two-volume Official Record as her starting point, she has made the record come alive with the use of original source documents, correspondence, journals and transcripts from oral histories of convention delegates and weaved them into a narrative from the perspective of the eleven women who were elected as delegates in 1961 to the 144-member constitutional convention.” — Bob LaBrant, retired attorney and past president of the Michigan Political History Society

“Women have often been at the table furthering the progress of viable resolutions to problems but have been left out of the records of events. It is gratifying to read about the women who made such significant contributions to the Con-Con and Michigan’s future. League women have always been leaders.” — Christina Schlitt, member of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, Grand Traverse Area

Descriere

The contributions of the first female delegates to the 1961–1962 Michigan Constitutional Convention are highlighted in this new work. As the first all-woman contingent, these pioneers demonstrated that they were capable of helping to revise Michigan’s highest law and encouraged women to enter politics during a time when few women held public office.