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 … 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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Stories from Suffragette City is a collection of short stories that all take place on October 23, 1915 in New York City when over 25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue demanding the right to vote. Thirteen well-known authors have written a short story about the march. The stories look at the experiences of the very rich, the very poor and everyone in between. Normally when I read an anthology, I like one of two of the stories better than the others – that wasn’t the case with this book – I enjoyed all of the stories and I enjoyed the different characters they wrote about on this important day in the history of women’s rights in this country.
I really enjoy a book that teaches me as I’m being entertained. I knew about the Suffrage movement but had no idea of the planning and work that went into it from all levels of society. Most of the women were ridiculed by both men and women who thought that women weren’t smart enough to vote. But they persevered to get the vote for women!
This is a very timely and important anthology. Many women have become too complacent about voting and don’t take advantage of their right to do so. This book reminds us of the hard work and sacrifices that the woman of the early 1900s did to give us the right to vote. We have a very important election in November, 2020, and I hope that all women take the time to VOTE!
Each chapter is unique yet weaves into the powerful story of the March.
My grandmother was in college in Rochester, New York when the march took place in New York City in October 2015. I so wish I could be able to talk to her and find out what she thought and what she might have done during this time. I really enjoyed this selection of short stories by many authors that I have read and admired. I read Stories from Suffragette City over a couple of months. I liked how some of the stories interweaved with each other. I especially enjoyed M.J.Rose’s story about the Tiffany family and Steve Berry’s story about the bomb threat. I wish I was still teaching a high school American History..Literature class. I would be fun to assign groups of students to each short story and then discuss. Thank you Holt and Co. and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
On October 23, 1915, an estimated 25,000 women, all dressed in white, marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City in support of the vote for women. While it was an impressive show of support, it would take women another five years to obtain the vote. The 12 stories in this collection, all written by well-known historical fiction authors, take place during the march and are told from the perspective of women and men who supported suffrage for women.
This is an easy-to-read short story collection that has the unique perspective of 12 different authors telling the stories of 12 different people as it was during the march. Each author’s story adds to the overall story of the historic march itself.
Every story in this collection is well-written and compelling with well-developed characters within the short-story genre. This was a hard-to-put-down book and you may well find yourself reading into the wee hours of the morning in order to finish just one more of these powerful stories of women going against societal norms to demand the vote.
If you’re a fan of historical fiction, you may very well find your favorite authors on the list of contributing authors. One surprise on the list was Steve Berry, whose story did not disappoint. Kudos to the editor for adding his story to the mix.
My thanks to Henry Holt and NetGalley for an eARC.
mosaic, each piece showing an individual with a unique background and varied concerns and goals. Together, they form a glorious and hopeful banner, with promise of a better future. The ending of the second story disappointed for a bit, until I realized it was the introduction of a thematic thread to tie together the rest, in a masterful cooperative endeavor, akin to the artists collaborating on historic tapestries whose work enhances each other’s. If I were still teaching, I’d find a way to include it in my classes. Brava authors, brava brave women, and bravo to the wise men who supported justice. Well done, sister suffragists! (I’ve been told they preferred that to the diminutive -ette).
I had a chance to participate in a zoom meeting with the authors from Stories from Suffragette City, a compilation of short stories about the Woman’s March in NYC in 1915. It was so cool to hear the inspiration for this project including how they gave authors the freedom to share different views/voices from that event. There were so many diverse characters who came to life in this book. I thought it was important to share stories of immigrants who marched even though they would not be eligible to vote. They marched for their daughters and future generations who would be born in America, the land of promise. It is still hard to hear the voices of men and women who thought women were silly to “fight for something they did not need.” The mentality was that women had fathers and husbands who better understood their needs and had their best interests at heart. The book first intrigued me because of the subject and the impressive list of some of my favorite authors who contributed to this book. I like the way authors chose to incorporate some of the well known persons involved in the movement and also had freedom to created some truly inspired fictional characters who helped us understand other voices and perspectives. I liked how several authors weaved the story of a little girl named Grace throughout their stories. This should be a must read for book clubs! I cannot think of a more important time to stop and give pause to the victory and to remember the ones who went before us to give women the chance to vote
I was drawn to this selection of short stories because some of my favorite authors were included. This book is a set of short stories giving different women’s viewpoints of the women’s march in NYC. The stories were wonderful and their is a thread connecting the stories, which I enjoyed discovering. Fans of historical fiction will enjoy this one!
An amazing collection of short stories from an amazing line up of authors
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
This anthology is a must read I really loved each and every story in this book. It was fabulous! The stories 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. Read this you will really enjoy it.
Stories from Suffragette City by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis is an excellent collection of short stories, all joined together with the common theme of women coming together from all circumstances and walks of life to join together in the monumental Women’s Suffrage parade that took place in NYC in 1915.
I have been learning more and more in regards to how the 19th Amendment came to be added, and this is an excellent historical fiction compilation that adds a human factor to all the documentaries that I have watched.
I loved how all of these wonderful and talented women writers came together to give a voice to all of the unsung heroes that sacrificed so much to make this happen.
A must read for anyone that loves historical fiction, US history, and giving a voice to women.
5/5 stars
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I am posting this review to my GR, Bookbub, Instagram, Amazon, and B&N accounts immediately. Publication date 10/27/20.
All these amazing authors in one big book! Gorgeous writing, important topic. Two thumbs up. Christina Baker Kline Megan Chance Chris Bohjalian Lisa Wingate Steve Berry