{"product_id":"gilded-suffragists-johanna-neuman-9781479837069","title":"Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women's Right to Vote","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York City's elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names--Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt, Whitney and the like--carried enormous public value. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance of their costume balls and the opulence of the French couture clothes, and they leveraged their social celebrity for political power, turning women's right to vote into a fashionable cause. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough they were dismissed by critics as bored socialites \"trying on suffrage as they might the latest couture designs from Paris,\" these gilded suffragists were at the epicenter of the great reforms known collectively as the Progressive Era. From championing education for women, to pursuing careers, and advocating for the end of marriage, these women were engaged with the swirl of change that swept through the streets of New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohanna Neuman restores these women to their rightful place in the story of women's suffrage. Understanding the need for popular approval for any social change, these socialites used their wealth, power, social connections and style to excite mainstream interest and to diffuse resistance to the cause. In the end, as Neuman says, when change was in the air, these women helped push women's suffrage over the finish line.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johanna Neuman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479837067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479837069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018","brand":"Johanna Neuman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44584034697471,"sku":"9781479837069","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6e542c4-b3f0-471b-8ed5-a6d1d4c5ba5b.jpg?v=1701884900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gilded-suffragists-johanna-neuman-9781479837069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}