It is the first week of Fall and time to create a list of books to read for autumn. For those in support of women’s rights and suffrage, A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage by Christina Wolbrecht and J. Kevin Corder is a must read. Here at Fromgirltogirl.com, we are adding the book to our educational must reads as we find it extremely relevant leading up to the 2020 Presidential Election as well as elections for the 117th Congress.

The book A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage offers excellent statistical data and historical references to answer this question:  What factors have shaped women’s choices at the ballot box?  It also makes readers think about the impact racial, economic, social lines have formed for women during American elections.

Why We Love This Suffrage Read

The book explores the many reasons why women voters are intriguing, diverse, and how we are multidimensional in our decision making at the polls, work, and even home. Some behavioral patterns among women voters have persisted while others changed over time. By reading this informational book, we understand there is no such thing as “the woman voter.” Women vote differently based on so many factors, including education, marriage, motherhood, wealth, race, and religious beliefs.

We love reading A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage because it goes beyond the classroom experience of just knowing the facts. Instead, the book inspires readers to think outside of the box on what we should do next, given that we know and understand ‘Herstory’ matters in history.

Here at Fromgirltogirl we are firm believers a woman’s place is in the House, the Senate, and someday soon the White House. It is now the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage in the United States. Although we still have work to do in improving women’s rights in America and around the world, we have accomplished great things within a century. The best has yet to come.

If not in our lifetime we see a the first female President of the United States, I can say with confidence our grandchildren will see the day given we great strives towards a fairer world of opportunity among gender and racial groups.

Ready to read A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage? You can buy the book January 2020.