Research on the various communication aspects of woman suffrage in the United States offers a telling snapshot of U.S. history as well as of the communication campaign to achieve the fundamental right to vote. The research work, however, remains far from complete. Over half of the scholars exploring the rhetoric of suffrage, for example, call for more research, noting that their work has just begun, whether in treating the expression of those they investigate or in identifying the women speaking, writing, or otherwise expressing themselves supporting or even opposing the cause of suffrage. The larger communication campaign also remains only partially explored. While communication scholars naturally focus on rhetoric or journalism, they do not as quickly think to explore other artifacts of the communication of the movement-clothing, artwork, photography, souvenirs, and so on. And yet, each played a role in the movement.
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