This book explores women's campaign strategies when they ran for
state and national office in California from their first
opportunity after state suffrage in 1911 to the advent of modern
feminism in 1970. Although only 18 won, nearly 500 women ran on the
primary ballots, changing the political landscape for both men and
women while struggling against a collective forgetfulness about
their work. Mostly white and middle-class until the 1960s, the
women discussed in this book are notable for their campaign
innovations which became increasingly complex, even if not
consciously connected to a usable past. They re-gendered politics
as political "firsts," pursued high hopes for organizational
support from their women's clubs, accommodated to opportunities
created through incumbency and issue politics, and explored both
separatist and integrationists politics with their parties. In
bringing these campaigns to light, this study explores the history
of California women legislators and the ways in which women on the
ballots sought to transcend gendered barriers, supporting women's
equality while also recognizing the political value of connections
to men in power. Organized in a loose chronology with the state's
governors, this study shows the persistent nature of women's
candidacies despite a recurring historical amnesia that complicated
their progress. Remembering this history deepens our understanding
of women running for office today and solidifies their credibility
in a long history of women politicians.
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