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Gotham Center for New York City History: Suffragists and Suffragettes: Mike Wallace on the New York Movement for Voting Rights

Mike Wallace. "Suffragists and Suffragettes." Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York History. November 6, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Non-Fiction, Web-based

In this excerpt from his book Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mike Wallace takes a close look at the suffrage movement’s […] Read More

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Gotham Center for New York City History: How World War I Impacted the Suffrage Debate by Johanna Neuman

Johanna Neuman. "Suffrage and the War." Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York History. November 7, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book Chapter, Book-Non-Fiction, Web-based

This chapter of Johanna Neuman’s book Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites who Fought for Women’s Right to Vote,  excerpted here at Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York History, analyzes the impact […] Read More

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Gotham Center for New York City History: Black Women and the Right to Vote in New York by Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello

Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello. "A Fundamental Component: Black Women and Right to Vote." Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City. November 8, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book Chapter, Book-Non-Fiction, Web-based

This excerpt, run on the Gotham Center’s blog, of Susan Goodier’s and Karen Pastorello’s book Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State focuses on black women’s suffrage activism. The scholars note […] Read More

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Gotham Center for New York City History: When the Media Elite Threw Their Fedoras into the Ring for Women’s Rights by Brooke Kroeger

Brooke Kroeger. "When the Media Elite Threw Their Fedoras into the Ring for Women’s Rights." Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York History. November 16, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Web-based

Brooke Kroeger, author of the book The Suffragents: How Women Used Men to Get the Vote, penned this excerpt on the Gotham Center’s blog on the media elite who backed suffrage. Kroeger explains […] Read More

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Gotham Center for New York City History: When the Suffrage Movement Got Its Makeover On by Brooke Kroeger

Brooke Kroeger. "When the Suffrage Movement Got Its Makeover On." Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City. November 21, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Web-based

Writing in Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City, author Brooke Kroeger explores the journalist Nellie Bly’s exhortations to suffragists that they get their fashion in order. Kroeger goes […] Read More

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Gotham Center for New York City History: Two Jewish Society Sisters Go At It Over the Vote by Alice Sparberg Alexiou

Alice Sparberg Alexiou. "Two Jewish Society Sisters Go At It Over the Vote." Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York History. November 23, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Web-based

Not all women supported suffrage. In fact, as historian Alice Sparberg Alexiou writes in this piece for Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York History, there was an organized movement […] Read More