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Book SynopsisTells the powerful stories of a multiracial group of activists who propelled the national suffrage movement toward a more inclusive vision of equal rights. Cathleen Cahill reveals a new cast of heroines largely ignored in earlier suffrage histories.
Trade Review“Written to coincide with the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this important book reminds us that the familiar stories of women's suffrage are woefully incomplete. . . . An essential work; highly recommended for scholars of the period and general readers interested in women's history.” -
Library Journal“A much-needed perspective on the efforts to gain full suffrage for American women at the start of the 20th century. . . . An impressive corrective for those so long left out of this history.” -
CHOICE“This spirited history situates the campaign for female suffrage within the broader narrative of civil rights. . . . Cahill's widened focus links the battle for enfranchisement to currents of exclusion and empowerment that continue to shape the vote today.” -
The New Yorker“Cathleen D. Cahill's narrative-supplanting book . . . challenges the reductive, whitewashed accounts of how the 19th amendment was ratcheted through the political process. . . . Cahill's text doesn't merely add minority figures to the story of women's enfranchisement, it proves it is impossible to tell the story without them.” -
Tribal College Journal
