Women Will Vote
Winning Suffrage in New York State
by Susan Goodier; Karen Pastorello
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Pub Date Sep 15 2017 | Archive Date Sep 15 2017
Cornell University Press | Three Hills
Description
Women Will Vote celebrates the 2017 centenary of women’s right to full suffrage in New York State. Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello highlight the activism of rural, urban, African American, Jewish, immigrant, and European American women, as well as male suffragists, both upstate and downstate, that led to the positive outcome of the 1917 referendum. Goodier and Pastorello argue that the popular nature of the women’s suffrage movement in New York State and the resounding success of the referendum at the polls relaunched suffrage as a national issue. If women had failed to gain the vote in New York, Goodier and Pastorello claim, there is good reason to believe that the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment would have been delayed.
Women Will Vote makes clear how actions of New York’s patchwork of suffrage advocates heralded a gigantic political, social, and legal shift in the United States. Readers will discover that although these groups did not always collaborate, by working in their own ways toward the goal of enfranchising women they essentially formed a coalition. Together, they created a diverse social and political movement that did not rely solely on the motivating force of white elites and a leadership based in New York City. Goodier and Pastorello convincingly argue that the agitation and organization that led to New York women’s victory in 1917 changed the course of American history.
Advance Praise
"This excellent book, full of new information, extends our understanding of women's suffrage."—Jean H. Baker, author of Sisters
"At last! We have a fine history of the women's suffrage movement in New York State. Women Will Vote will make you think about how democracy really works. Read it!"—Judith Wellman, author of The Road to Seneca Falls
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781501705557 |
| PRICE | $29.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 248 |
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Reviewer 415078
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.
beth e, Librarian
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.
Holly W, Educator
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.
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