Suffrage and Its Limits

Kathleen M. Dowley is Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science and International Relations at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Susan Ingalls Lewis is Professor Emerita of History at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Meg Devlin O'Sullivan is Associate Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceLieutenant Governor Kathy HochulAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Suffrage and Its Limits: The New York StoryKathleen M. Dowley, Susan Lewis, and Meg Devlin O'SullivanPart I: Investigating the Past 1. The Struggle for Suffrage and Its Aftermath in New York StateSusan Goodier and Karen Pastorello2. 1917: How New York Women Won the VoteSusan Ingalls Lewis3. After the Vote: Continuing the Struggle for Women's Social, Legal, and Political EqualityJulie A. Gallagher, Joanna L. Grossman, and Meg Devlin O'SullivanPart II: Interrogating the Present 4. Women in State Legislatures: New York in Comparative PerspectiveKira Sanbonmatsu5. Women in Local Political Office in New York StateKathleen (kt) Tobin6. New Yorkers' Views on Women and Politics One Hundred Years after State SuffrageKathleen M. Dowley and Eve WalterPart III: Imagining the Future 7. The Limits of Woman Suffrage and the Unfinished Business of Liberal FeminismAmy R. Baehr8. Making Freedom Moves: The Abolitionist Praxis of Black Women's LiberationJasmine Syedullah and Gabrielle Baron-Hill9. Which Way Forward? Freedom Organizing in the Twenty-First CenturyBarbara SmithAppendix: Women in Politics: Past, Present, and FutureList of ContributorsIndex

"Overall, the book's contributors should be lauded for their work to provide a comprehensive perspective on the passage of women's suffrage legislation." — Hudson River Valley Review"This is a strong contribution to the field and serves as a snapshot of several different ways scholars study the lives of women—in a historical context, through political science, through the lens of black feminist studies, and also personal experiences." — Jennifer A. Lemak, Chief Curator of History at the New York State Museum