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Portia A. (Monroe Township, NJ)
One Day in Oct. 2015
An excellent group of stories connected by the Suffragette March held on Oct. 23, 1915. A good overview of the time. Read it if you can.
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Michele N. (Bethesda, MD)
Stories from Suffragette City
Although I don't read many short story collections, this one sounded interesting, particularly because several were written by authors I know and like. Stories from Suffragette City includes 13 stories, each one standing on its own, yet several linked by the same characters. The story lines were good. Some of the fictional accounts I recognized from other reading I've done on the suffragette movement but I enjoyed learning about some who were unfamiliar. If you want to learn more about this topic, Suffragists in Washington, DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote by Rebecca Boggs Roberts, provides an excellent historical look at this same subject.
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Carole A. (Denver, CO)
A Timely Read
How timely to compile a collection of short stories showcasing the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The women's right to vote has become a given but there was a time in our history it was denied. The stories, well written by thirteen contemporary authors brings to light the fact it was not always an easy choice for a woman of that day to march in a parade and indeed many women thought it was inappropriate.
The stories in this collection are centered on the same event – the 1915 New York City Suffragette march; however, each story approaches this event from a different and personal angle, The authors have given an intimate view into the journey of each woman and man portrayed.
There are the women who dared, against the conventional patterns of behavior for the time, and the men mostly who were opposing. This short stories collection allows each story to stand by itself and yet weave an invisible thread through the entire collection. Woven into several of the stories is the young girl, Miss Suffragette City whose aunt thought it was important she witness this historical parade. Armed with her aunt's brownie camera she appears in the lives of several of the marchers. Women from all walks of life had very personal reasons for pursuing the right to vote and these reasons are well defined throughout the stories.
While I did read the collection straight through it would also be a grand book to keep by the bedside to read one at time or to clear your palate between full-length books. This collection serves as a history lesson of sorts and as a call to action to remind women to use their collective voices to effect change and that our freedoms were not easily won,.
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Esther Lutzker
Stories from Suffragette City
With thanks to BookBrowse for the opportunity to read and review StoriesFrom Suffragette City. I usually do not like short stories but was intrigued by the subject,so I requested a preview copy.
The book is comprised of 12 stories centered around the huge Suffrage Parade in New York City in 1915, each written by a current popular author,most specializing in historical fiction. There is one character,the young niece of Charles Tiffany,who appears in more than one story connecting them. The women range from socialites to factory workers,immigrants,students,orphans and men supporting their wives. Black women were not included. A young Chinese student who marched was not able to vote until 1943.
I really enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.
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Lorri S. (Pompton Lakes, NJ)
Votes for Women
What a great way to live a little bit of history. Each story handles the October 12, 1915 suffrage parade from a different angle, through a different character's eyes--young, old, men, women, women of color. As you go deeper into the collection the kaleidoscope view comes into focus. You see how much the suffrage movement accomplished, and how much more it had to accomplish. There is something for everyone here.
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Wendy F. (Kalamazoo, MI)
Needed something more
Some of the stories were good however some dragged. I liked the concept but it fell short for me. I felt it could have covered more about the planning of the march.
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