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The Iowa History Center at 海角吃瓜网 has awarded its 2018 prize for the outstanding master鈥檚 thesis in Iowa history to Abigail Hoy Nissen, a student at Minnesota State University in Mankato.

Nissen was given the honor for her thesis, 鈥淭he Female Voice of Enfranchisement: A Reassessment of Woman Suffrage in America,鈥� completed as part of her M.A. degree.

She presented her research to 海角吃瓜网 students and faculty in early November.听 The annual prize carries a plaque and $1,000. 听

Nissen鈥檚 thesis reexamines the nineteenth century women鈥檚 movement in Iowa.听 She argues that historians have wrongly inflated the role of Amelia Bloomer in the struggle for enfranchisement, while overlooking the importance of Annie Savery and Mary Jane Coggeshall.

These errors, Hoy Nissen believes, have painted an inaccurate picture of the woman suffrage movement in Iowa.

鈥淲e are delighted to recognize Abigail鈥檚 scholarship,鈥� said Bill Friedricks, director of the Iowa History Center, 鈥渨hich pushes the narrative of Iowa woman suffrage forward.鈥澨� He added, 鈥淲e were also happy to see her make extensive use of Sara Egge鈥檚 work.鈥澨� Egge was the 2009 recipient of the Iowa History Center鈥檚 master鈥檚 award and is now an assistant professor of history at Centre College in Kentucky.

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