Since this is a big year to celebrate—and next year will be even bigger—it’s no surprise that books on the fight for the female vote are popping up like weeds in a garden, but that’s a good thing. Elaine Weiss’s The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Viking) looks like the one […]
women's suffrage
She must have read my book!
Rebecca Edwards, who began a stint as a Dutchess County, New York legislator this year, must have read A Shocking & Unnatural Incident. Why else would she know that the early women’s rights movement wasn’t just about suffrage? Just kidding. Edwards writes a detailed account of What Women Want (since nearly the origin of women) […]
A riveting story
An excellent read! If you are interested in women’s history and enjoy a fictional story woven with historical fact you will love this book. “A Shocking and Unnatural Incident” gives a fascinating account of the very beginnings of women’s suffrage and portrays what life was like near the Erie Canal during those early times. I […]
The right amount of suspense & history
I absolutely could not put A Shocking & Unnatural Incident down, once I started it, I literally finished it in one sitting or should I say one riding (my husband was driving us to Virginia) The characters truly come to life on every page, it has just the right amount of suspense & history. I […]
