I liked the stories by different authors telling about one of the women who marched in NYC’s 1915 suffrage parade especially Lisa Wingate’s and Chris Bojalian’s. Chris’s was about an Armenian woman who marched and who understood that politics is a serious matter in “Just Politics.” Lisa’s character is a dirt poor girl selling apples whose opinion about women voting is impacted by a chance meeting of a suffragette planning to march. ( )

Stories from Suffragette City is a difficult book to follow. The difficulty is following all of the various stories. It is acknowledged that the authors highlighted the fact that the suffragette was women from all walks of life and that the suffragette represented not only equal voting rights but rights to be able to want more than marriage and family. Because of the importance of the subject matter makes it all the more sad to only award three stars to this book. It is a shame that the book was difficult to follow considering the magnitude of the authors. The authors of this book have all written superior books to this one. ( )

"It's too late darling. Just like it's too late for antiquated views about suffrage."



This is a delightful book of short stories written by contemporary authors Kristin Hannah, Lisa Wingate, M.J. Rose, Steve Berry, Paula McLain, Katherine Chen, Christina Baker Kline, Jamie Ford, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Megan Chance, Alyson Richman, Chris Bohjalian, and Fiona Davis. Fans of their writing will recognize their styles and themes, but all stories are appropriate for discussion in middle and high school students in schools.

This book’s fictional short stories all occur leading up to and on October 23, 1915, when tens of thousands of women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York weeks before New York’s women's suffrage referendum would fail. The stories’ common elements include the white attire and colorful sashes that women wore and the banners and signs they made. The writers provide a "feel as though you are there" sense of New York City in 1915 when traveling on the subway was a relatively new experience, especially for out-of-towners and women who were alone. The Met Life Tower, which opened in 1909, is a new landmark, and the tenements in Hell's Kitchen are depicted for what they were at the time. New York's neighborhoods, often defined by ethnicity or privilege, figure into the stories' settings, with New York itself a motif in the stories. Women participated in the famous march, dubbed “parade,” on foot, on floats, and on horseback. Some women pushed baby carriages, and it was clearly a multigenerational event. Fashion, jewelry, and art, hallmarks of New York and progress are prominent elements in the stories as women traveled from many states to participate. Yet, the authors clarify that Black women were expected to march at the end of the parade, not alongside white women from their respective states. Most of the stories also described some of the opposition to women’s suffrage; it divided families, workplaces, and society as a whole. Some women didn’t see a need to vote, and others couldn’t bear the thought of continuing to live as an American without this right. The Men’s League of Women’s Suffrage is included in many of the stories. Many men supported women’s right to vote and marched with women that day. However, some men committed violent acts to interfere with the proceedings, and some made public spectacles of themselves and loved ones to display their power.

Included among the stories are fictionalized accounts of Reverend Olympia Brown, the first woman minister recognized by a national denomination, and Ida Sedgwick Proper, a painter who sponsored a national art contest for brochure art. Alva Belmont, also known as Alva Vanderbilt, is also included among the depictions of suffragettes. Mabel Lee, the first female Ph.D. at Columbia, figures into an interesting story about her male rival. The lost girl named Grace or “Little Miss Suffragette” shows up in multiple stories. Grace is the photographer, a role her aunt assigned since her uncle did not want her to march. Grace runs away multiple times and meets up with key characters in the parade so that she can represent the youth and the future of women’s suffrage in America. Her character provides a sentimental connection among some stories, serving as a symbol of hope for the women's cause.

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I am not a huge fan of short stories. But this is a book all women should read. It just gives you an idea of what women went through to earn the right to vote. These strong women who went before us and secured this right for all women should never be forgotten and should be honored. You can honor them today by casting your ballot.

Through many trials with their families and their friends, these women succeeded. We should never take this for granted and we should never forget.

Always vote! It is your right! ( )

Stories from Suffragette City is a collection of short stories that all take place on October 23, 1915 in New York City when over 25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue demanding the right to vote. Thirteen well-known authors have written a short story about the march. The stories look at the experiences of the very rich, the very poor and everyone in between. Normally when I read an anthology, I like one of two of the stories better than the others - that wasn't the case with this book - I enjoyed all of the stories and I enjoyed the different characters they wrote about on this important day in the history of women's rights in this country.

I really enjoy a book that teaches me as I'm being entertained. I knew about the Suffrage movement but had no idea of the planning and work that went into it from all levels of society. Most of the women were ridiculed by both men and women who thought that women weren't smart enough to vote. But they persevered to get the vote for women!

This is a very timely and important anthology. Many women have become too complacent about voting and don't take advantage of their right to do so. This book reminds us of the hard work and sacrifices that the woman of the early 1900s did to give us the right to vote. We have a very important election in November, 2020, and I hope that all women take the time to VOTE! ( )