A glimpse into the lives of female pioneers that helped shape the West. It’s an honest recount of all the women of the emerging west endured. To a reader interested into how the women of the west secured such a rich history it will fascinate and at times infuriate. Happy reading

this was an enjoyable read, the history in the book was great and really well researched. I enjoyed reading this book.

"No Place for a Woman" covers the story of women working to get the right to vote, primarily in the Western states where they had more success earlier than in the East. Each chapter looks at a particular state west of the Mississippi and highlights individuals, both men and women, who worked toward this goal. It's more information, presented in short and easy bites, on the subject than I'd ever read before and I certainly found it interesting and learned a good deal from it. However, I found the writing highly repetitive, to the point where I wondered if the author thought readers just weren't paying attention. I hope there's a chance some of that would be edited and tightened before the final text is published (I read an ARC), because it definitely impacted the number of stars I gave this book. I would have also enjoyed reading more of the speeches given in defense of the movement, diaries and letters quoted far more than they were to provide more individuality to the women Enss tries to highlight in each chapter, and possibly even more of the arguments against woman's suffrage so that the reader had a better idea of the kind of battle women were facing. Arguments against voting are, of course, mentioned but overall the book read a bit more like a summary of the fight instead of getting deeply into the experience. Still, a good introduction to the subject.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I had always thought that women gained the right to vote strictly through the Nineteenth Amendment, and did not realize all the work that had gone on as the battleground went from state to state. Author Chris Enss concentrated on the western states in the union, informing us of the individual players in each effort. I very much enjoyed the period pictures and political jokes as they fit perfectly with the subject.

The book itself read more like a high school textbook than most of the history books I come across. Entries reminded me also of a small encyclopedia, where there is just enough info to tell you who people are without delving into personalities and personal histories. Without these details, the facts become dry and the book less interesting. This is a shame, as the subject matter is important and the chapters dwell on a slice of history that I don’t believe is very well known. There are many quotes from newspapers of the day, which is helpful in offering some of the views of the day.

Bottom line: I recommend this book to those lovers of history who have little knowledge of this subject. Although there is an extensive bibliography, very little of the personal details made their way into this book. While that kept the number of pages down, an opportunity to dress up a great story was missed. Three stars.

My thanks to NetGalley and Two Dot Publishing for a complimentary ebook of this title.

WOW! When researching the history of the 19th amendment, not much is taught or even available for our young women to read, on an in-depth review of how each state reacted to the concept of voting rights or any type of voice given to the women working along side their fathers, brothers and husbands. Chris Enss gives us a targeted view of how early Western states not only gave women voting rights, they used this early right as an incentive to increase populations and improve living conditions in these sparsely peopled states. The book is an excellent example of how an author can make history current and interesting. I'm sharing with my many nieces. They should know how history was affected by our long ago ancestors.

An excellent researched historical book explaining the plight of women trying to obtain equal rights especially to gain the vote. This deals with the stonewalling at every opportunity and the determination that woman showed over the years to finally to succeed starting with the newly established territory Wyoming leading the states.
It wasn't all plain sailing as there were differing tactics at times causing splits into camps lead by powerful women resulting in set backs finally overcame to push forward as one entity.
There are many surprising side issues concerning when native Indians obtained equality, women being able to own property, abolitionists that wanted to wait until until the slavery issue was won.
If one has an interest in the subject easy to read then this is for you.
I have given a independent review thanks to NetGalley / Two Dot Books

This book tells us about the women's suffrage movement and gives a history on it. It tells us what women had to face before they were given the right to vote.

I enjoyed this book and the fact that it gave more details in the suffrage movement then what students learn in school. It was also nice to see what trials they had to overcome before they were able to vote.

I would recommend this book to fans of history and women's history.

Why aren't we taught about the other leaders of the suffrage movement and the Western states? The information in this book -- especially the photos -- really personalize the suffrage movement (instead of a generic "large view").

An amazing look back at history and what women had to overcome. A fresh look at their bravery and heroism.

Prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment that (finally) gave females the right to vote in 1920, some of the western states granted suffrage to their female residents. In NO PLACE FOR A WOMAN, Chris Enss provides a straightforward but not overly in depth account of the highlights (and lowlights) of the state-by-state struggles these western women faced while lobbying for suffrage. Not only does Enss provide details on the state-by-state battles, she also includes information about the overall national fight for women’s suffrage. NO PLACE FOR A WOMAN is a good read for anyone wanting to learn the basic history of women’s suffrage in the American West.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This book recounts the state-by-state struggle for women's suffrage in the American West. Although the western expansion of women's suffrage is the book's primary focus, it includes substantial background information on the national movement for women's suffrage. This background information is presented in the introduction, as well as through a timeline of important events, short bios on leading suffragettes, and blurbs addressing topics such as on the relationship between the women's suffrage movement and the temperance movement and between the women's suffrage movement and the abolitionist movement. For someone not familiar with the suffrage movement, these aids may be extremely helpful; however, they become annoying for the reader who is well-versed in the topic, as it soon becomes apparent that the author has included very little actual history of women's suffrage in the American West -- most of which is based on secondary sources or on newspaper and journal articles of the time. Based on the bibliography the author does not appear to have done any archival research and offers no analysis of the events discussed. These features also make this narrative read like a textbook written for young adults. I found myself expecting to see questions for discussion at the end of each section. What is impressive about this book is its inclusion of numerous illustrations, not only photographs of the women involved but also pictures of newspaper advertisement that proponents and opponents of suffrage published to advance their respective cause.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone wanting a basic introduction to the suffrage movement with an emphasis on the American West. But I would advise those with a background in this history to look elsewhere for additional reading, as there is very little new that they can glean from this book.