A great book that I will be using in my classroom. The history is well researched and the writing is excellent.

I deeply appreciated the opportunity to read and review this book. I'll be using it's contents in my teaching and will make sure to keep an eye out for more works from this author and publisher.

A great resource for students of history, particularly. women's history. it is thoroughly researched and detailed and gives a comprehensive, if not inspiring, look into the work of suffragists in New York in the early 1900's.

It does suffer from being a tad too dry in delivery, but there is a lot to learn and, at the heart of it, that is the most important aspect of the book. It will definitely be a boon to anyone looking for more sourced information on teh suffrage movement.

So many lessons and history in such detail that you almost feel you were back in the years where women were not allowed to vote. It is a totally engaging book that is relevant to modern times.

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A history of the brave women who campaigned to
vote in New York

This book is an extremely detailed account of the many years leading up to New York granting women the right to vote. Included are details about relationships between white, black, and immigrant suffragists, the many accomplishments of suffragists throughout the entire state, and the relationship between getting the right to vote and other rights for women. These included better work hours, decent wages and work conditions, rights to their children, and property rights.

This was a very slow read for me, but I learned a lot. I couldn't just burn right through it or I wouldn't have absorbed the information. It's a relatively dry book, but worth the read for anyone interested in learning more about women's suffrage in the state of New York from the very beginning to 1920, when the federal government passed the 19th amendment. The notes in the back take a large percentage of the book. It's incredibly well researched and makes sure to credit every source used. It's a very inspiring read, but at the same time is very honest about setbacks they experienced and occasionally their own mistakes, which I appreciated.

I received a copy of this book from Net Galley and Cornell University Press, thank you! My review is honest and unbiased.

I tried to read this slowly so I could finish it on August 26th, the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, but Goodier and Pastorello write such an engaging history that I finished early because I couldn't put this book down. It's is not often that I find a work of non-fiction so engrossing, but this work is not only relevant but superbly researched and detailed.

On hundred years after the women of New York won the right to vote, Women Will Vote tells the story from a multi-narrative. Not focusing solely on one group makes this a story with bite and a broader perspective than is found in the general canon of suffrage literature.
Each group that contributed to the success is explored. Jewish, African-American, white men, city and country dwellers and white european women come at the issue of suffrage for different reasons, and these authors show that each and everyone of these groups was essential to the passage. The authors argue that without this success, national suffrage would not have come to bear. Their argument is so well documented and well written that it won me over.

Women Will Vote is a surprisingly timely book that seems to be quite timely given the current politcal climate. It IS a bit more academic (read drier) than my normal non-fiction picks, but it is also very thorough. Admittedly, when I think about the women's suffrage movement I mostly think about Susan B Anthony, but reading WWV gave a LOT more insight to the many many women (and men) and years that it took to arrive at our current freedoms (which are still under attack). Before this book I had no idea that there was a suffrage movement in rural areas, or for immigrant women. It was also really powerful to see images of black suffragettes and the faces of leaders of the movement. That being said this book is not for everyone, but it's also not very long and will teach you something new. A criticsm I have is that there is a timeline featured at the beginning of the book that goes from the late 1800's to now, but the book doesn't really go past 1920. It gave me the impression that the book was going to carry me from then and move forward quite a bit into the future. I honestly don't know many people who would enjoy this as leisure reading, but those more academically inclined would find much to talk about.