After the Vote Was Won: The Later Achievements of Fifteen Suffragists

by Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene

Because scholars have traditionally examined the efforts of American suffragists only in relation to electoral politics, the history books have largely missed the real story of what these women achieved far outside the realm of voting reform. Though Stanton, Anthony, and Mott are the best known figures of the woman's suffrage movement, all were dead more than a decade before women actually achieved the vote. Women like Alice Paul, Louisine Havemeyer, and Mary Church Terrell carried on their work, putting their campaign experiences to work long after the 19th Amendment was ratified. This book tells the story of how these women made an indelible mark on American history in fields ranging from education to art, science, publishing, and social activism.

Genres: Nonfiction, Womens, Feminism

208 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2010

Reviews

[Sally Kilpatrick]

I read this book specifically for more information on Sue Shelton White, but I gained a lot more. If you've ever been told that the First Wave Feminists didn't do anything, then this is the book for you.*

Basically, these women did a lot of things after gaining the vote, but almost none ran for office so historians don't care. This is also the book if you're looking for more information on the National Women's Party--they were the militant ones who are often forgotten. Probably because they "misbehaved."

*I have questions about this wave thing. Currently, we could Susan B Anthony et al as First Wave and second wave as the Seventies. I really think this book should be the Second Wave or maybe even 1.5 Wave because they were all younger than Anthony, Stanton, Mott had all died. Chapman was a hand-picked successor, but still.