The first chapter of the book written by Goodier and Pastorello, is a condensed version of their own book Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State and focuses on the importance of the New York women’s suffrage movement to the national fight for women’s voting rights. Including chapters by Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello, Julie A. The first section, titled “Investigating the Past”, provides a granular history from multiple perspectives of the fight for women’s suffrage in New York state.
The format mirrors that of the conference which inspired the book, and its contributors represent a range of participants, from academic scholars to activists to politicians. The book is divided into three sections – past, present, and future with a preface by New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. The book provides a sampling of a wide range of issues offering readers insight into the struggle for women’s suffrage alongside related issues of equality. The book was originally published in hardcover by SUNY Press in September 2020 and has just been released in paperback in January 2021. Dowley, associate professor of political science and international relations Meg Devlin O’Sullivan, associate professor of history and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and Susan Ingalls Lewis, emerita professor of history. Suffrage and Its Limits: The New York Story is a collection of articles curated and co-edited by Kathleen M.
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