Description:
In 1895, Utah's leading suffragist, Emmeline B. Wells, welcomed her friends Susan B. Anthony and Reverend Anna Howard Shaw to a gathering of more than 8,000 people from around the nation at the Rocky Mountain Suffrage Convention. They were there to celebrate the suffrage movement's recent wins and strategize their next triumphs. Pioneering the Vote tells the remarkable, largely unknown story of the early suffrage victories that happened in states and territories in the American West. With the encouragement of the Eastern leaders, women from Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho came together in a unique moment of friendship and unified purpose to secure the vote for women in America.
Brief description:
As CEO of the Better Days 2020 nonprofit, which popularizes women's history through education, legislation, events, and the arts, Neylan McBaine has become a leader in speaking and writing about women's leadership and the US suffrage movement, with a specific focus on Utah and the West's early role in that movement. As a TEDx presenter, columnist, and writer, Neylan has been called a "change agent" and "uniquely important." Neylan is a graduate of Yale University and a mother to three daughters, and lives in Salt Lake City.
Review Quotes:
"Most women's suffrage and feminist historians have almost entirely ignored the West."
-- "Sandra L. Myres, author of Westering Women and the Frontier Experience, 1800-1915"