| List of Tables | |
| List of Figures | |
| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | Comparing the U.S. and Swiss Woman Suffrage Movements | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Information, Preferences, Beliefs, and Values in the Political Process | 21 |
| Ch. 3 | Building Suffrage Organizations | 44 |
| Ch. 4 | The Impact of Movement Resources on Success | 73 |
| Ch. 5 | Building Suffrage Coalitions | 98 |
| Ch. 6 | Lobbying the Government | 132 |
| Ch. 7 | Raising Suffrage Demands: Confrontation versus Compromise | 158 |
| Ch. 8 | Sources of the Movements' Information, Beliefs, and Values | 186 |
| Ch. 9 | Why Movements Succeed or Fail | 215 |
| App. A | Interview Methods | 227 |
| App. B | Measuring Suffrage Organization Membership in the United States and Switzerland | 231 |
| App. C | Data Sources for Legislative Histories and Variable Coding in Pooled-Time Series Analysis | 238 |
| App. D | Coding Confrontational and Lobbying Tactics in the United States and Switzerland | 242 |
| Notes | 247 |
| References | 259 |
| Index | 273 |
