Sullivan G. The Day the Women Got the Vote: A Photo History of the Women's Rights Movement

Demco Media, 1994. — 100 p.A remarkable photographic record of the women's movement from Seneca Falls to the present. Engaging black-and-white photographs and reproductions present a wide range of women through portraits of well-known individuals and informal shots of unknowns. The history of the 19th amendment, the role of the suffragists and abolitionists on both sides of the Atlantic, and the subsequent struggle for equal rights, including the defeat of the ERA, are described in the straightforward text that accompanies the visual documentation. Lillie Hitchcock Coit, one of the early female firefighters in this country, is shown wearing her firefighter's hat like an elegant piece of millinery in her 1864 portrait. Later photos depict Gloria Steinem, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Carol Moseley Braun. A refreshing change from more scholarly treatments of the topic, and yet informative enough to warrant a second flip through.