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Municipal Housekeeping

The Impact of Women’s Suffrage on Public Education

Celeste K. Carruthers and Marianne H. Wanamaker
Journal of Human Resources, October 2015, 50 (4) 837-872; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.4.837
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    • Appendix 2 Extension: State Spending after Suffrage
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