Anne Myra Benjamin, Ph.D. grew up in Washington, D.C. She was educated at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Chicago, and received her doctorate in French Lit

No Votes for Women explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of

Gold Medalist, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the U.S. History Category Finalist for the 2018 Sally and Morris Lasky Prize presented by the Center fo

Presents a comprehensive reference to the role of women in American politics and government, including biographies, related topics, organizations, primary docum

When Tennessee became the thirty-sixth and final state needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment in August 1920, giving women the right to vote, one group of wo