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Doldrums and Suffrage Movement Discussion (March 1997) (805 words) |
 | The "doldrums" is an old term (at least going back to the colonial period in the U.S.) that refers to an area in the Atlantic where the winds were inconsistent and often caught sailing ships which then drifted for weeks before escaping the area. |
| Graham Hunter argues that the period from 1896-1910 may not be seen as the "doldrums," but rather as a period of "careful and successful rebuilding, in which the leaders of the NAWSA deliberately reshaped the image of their movement. |
| Instead of viewing this period as "the doldrums," Graham Hunter seems to be making an argument common to many social movements--that suffragists needed to turn inward in order to redefine their mission, and only after they did so could they return to a more active public engagement. |
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