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One City. One Movement. A World of Stories.

Stories from Suffragette City is a collection of short stories that all take place on a single day: October 23, 1915. It’s the day when tens of thousands of women marched up Fifth Avenue, demanding the right to vote in New York City. Thirteen of today's bestselling authors have taken this moment as inspiration to raise the voices of history and breathe fresh life into their struggles and triumphs.

The characters depicted here, some well-known, others unfamiliar, each inspire and reinvigorate the power of democracy. We follow a young woman who is swept up in the protests when all she expected was to come sell her apples in the city. We see Alva Vanderbilt as her white-gloved sensibility is transformed over the course of the single fateful day. Ida B. Wells battles for racial justice in the women's suffrage movement so that every woman's voice can be heard. Each story stands on its own, but together Stories From Suffragette City becomes a symphony, painting a portrait of a country looking for a fight and ever restless for progress and equality.

With an introduction by Kristin Hannah and stories from:

Lisa Wingate
M.J. Rose
Steve Berry
Paula McLain
Katherine J. Chen
Christina Baker Kline
Jamie Ford
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Megan Chance
Alyson Richman
Chris Bohjalian
and Fiona Davis

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ISBN-13:	9781250241337
Publisher:	Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/04/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
Sales rank:	196,612
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

M. J. Rose is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 20 novels, including The Book of Lost Fragrances and Cartier’s Hope, more than half of which have appeared on the Indie Next List. The Fox TV series Past Lives was based on M.J.’s novel The Reincarnationist. Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Fiona Davis is the nationally-bestselling author of historical fiction set in iconic New York City buildings, including The Chelsea Girls and The Masterpiece. Her books have appeared on the Indie Next List, been LibraryReads Picks and TheSkimm Reads Pick of the Week, and have been translated into over a dozen languages.

Introduction
Kristin Hannah

Apple Season
Lisa Wingate

A First Step
M. J. Rose

Deeds Not Words
Steve Berry

Thylacine
Paula McLain

Siobhán
Katherine J. Chen

The Runaway
Christina Baker Kline

Boundless, We Ride
Jamie Ford

American Womanhood
Dolen Perkins-Valdez

We Shall Take Our Lives into Our Own Keeping
Megan Chance

A Woman in Movement
Alyson Richman

Just Politics
Chris Bohjalian

The Last Mile
Fiona Davis

A Note from the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Authors

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Editorial Reviews

2020-07-14
A landmark 1915 protest for women’s suffrage is the setting for the dozen short stories in this rousing anthology.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women’s right to vote. These stories by writers known for historical fiction focus on an event five years before, a march in New York City by 25,000 supporters of suffrage, “a three-mile-long argument for women’s rights.” Several of them bring to life real people; among the strongest is Jamie Ford’s “Boundless, We Ride.” Its protagonist is Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-born suffragist who would become the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Columbia. Ford makes her a fiercely determined figure with a surprising, and touching, inspiration. The only story not set in New York is “American Womanhood” by Dolen Perkins-Valdez; its first-person narrator is Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the Black suffragist and early civil rights leader. At home in Chicago, she recalls a humiliating event at a 1913 march, an example of racism that seems all too current a century later. Some historical characters recur, like the millionaire Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. She’s an imposing but remote presence in Katherine J. Chen’s “Siobhán,” which focuses on one of her housemaids; in Fiona Davis’ “The Last Mile,” Alva is a conflicted and more human main character. Other stories are built around fictional characters, many of them immigrants. In Christina Baker Kline’s “The Runaway,” Kira, a homeless 12-year-old from Ireland, sees the march as a gateway to her future and freedom. But for Ani, the Armenian refugee in Chris Bohjalian’s “Just Politics,” the protest triggers her worst memories of the political massacre that took her entire family. One character, irrepressible 7-year-old Grace, appears in “A First Step” and then pops up in many other stories, wearing a “Miss Suffragette City” sash and recording the scene with a Brownie camera.
A diverse range of vivid characters brings human faces to a historical protest march.

Kirkus Reviews

08/17/2020
This engrossing collection, pegged to the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, brings together 12 prominent fiction writers, including Chris Bojalian, Paula McLane, and Christina Baker Kline, all of whom contribute stories set on Oct. 12, 1915, when suffragettes marched on Fifth Avenue. In an introduction, Kristen Hannah argues that women’s push for the right to vote remains timely: “The ability to vote, and to access the polls, are fights we still face.” Many of the stories feature historical figures such as Alice Paul and Ida B. Wells, both of whom appear in Jamie Ford’s “Boundless, We Ride” and Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s standout, “American Womanhood,” each of which dramatize the bitter political compromises that would marginalize Black women from the movement’s ranks. Another highlight is Alyson Richman’s “A Woman in Movement,” about a young artist who gets her comeuppance after her advertising agency boss signs her drawings with his own name. Davis’s “The Last Mile” best drives home the collection’s overarching message: “Perhaps all these women, no matter which branch of the organization they supported, were part of a giant wave, one set to topple the status quo.” As a whole, the anthology gives assured voice and intriguing dimension to the actors of a pivotal era. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

“As we approach the 100th anniversary of the first time women voted in a presidential race, how fitting it is to read short stories that illuminate one event that helped women achieve that right: a historic women’s march in New York City in 1915. This book‘s collection includes authors whose work I devour—from Dolen Perkins-Valdez to Chris Bohjalian to Christina Baker Kline—and here they are, all in one place.”
--Tori Whitaker for Parade Magazine

"A landmark 1915 protest for women’s suffrage is the setting for the dozen short stories in this rousing anthology...A diverse range of vivid characters brings human faces to a historical protest march."
--Kirkus Reviews

“[Stories From Suffragette City] gives assured voice and intriguing dimension to the actors of a pivotal era.”
--Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

10/23/2020
On October 23, 1915, more than 25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue in New York City, demanding the right to vote. These stories from a dozen best-selling authors all take place on that historic day and highlight the large and small battles women fought for their rights. Mingling fact and fiction, the stories feature wholly imagined characters along with historical figures such as Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Charles and Katrina Tiffany, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Dolen Perkins-Valdez's story "American Womanhood" depicts the conflicted feelings of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, as she reflects on a previous suffrage parade in which she courageously defied orders to march at the back with the other Black women. Chris Bohjalian's "Just Politics," about an Armenian refugee marching in the parade, is a moving story that still resonates today. The rest of the collection offers tales of poignant glimpses into different perspectives of the women's movement, from wealthy socialites to women of color to young girls. VERDICT This nuanced collection serves as an evocative reminder of the hard-fought right for women to vote and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.—Melissa DeWild, Comstock Park, MI

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