My piece “Votes for Colonized Women” is up on the @JournAmHist Process blog! What did the #19thamendment mean for women in the Caribbean and Pacific territories of the United States? Read about (else) who gets forgotten in #suffrage history. #afterthe19th processhistory.org/prieto-votes-c…

This weekend I received the first copies of my book from UChicagoPress! I’ve been excited about this moment for a long time and the book looks even better than I could have imagined! #newbook #tbr #history #twitterstorians #womenshistory #19thAmendment #19that100 #votesforwomen

“In the democracies of Western Europe, women vote almost exactly to the same extent that men do, but in this country the tendency in the past has been for many women to tell interviewers “I don’t pay much attention to politics, I leave that all to my husband.” (LAT 5/7/1952)

“The ideal woman candidate chosen to cut Peterson down to size is 45 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weights 125 pounds and has “a very warm” smile. She is good looking but not spectacularly beautiful because “that might threaten the woman voter.“ (LAT 5/6/1979)

“Women should make great politicians, they can forget a promise so quickly... The ready facility with which a woman invents a lie is only surpassed by how she covers it up... The man who will give credence to a woman’s word of honor is either an optimist or a fool.” (CD 5/5/1928)

'Whitney Young called on women today to take a leading role in eliminating prejudice. “If women want to prove they are not the weaker sex, they must take a bigger role in asserting their leadership abilities, particularly in civil rights programs,' declared Young.'(WaPo 5/4/1968)

“Every now & then women rise up & show men how much power they have & what they can do. Twice within 15 years they have done the impossible, which is to amend the Constitution, once to put a ban on drink and drinking and the second time to get the right to vote.” (WaPo 5/3/1931)

“Women Voters Plan Attack on Patronage at Council Meeting in Capital This Week” (NYT 5/2/1937)

“Ms Sherwin told the President that “we admit the truth of the popular belief that in non-voting women are the worst offenders, but we venture to remind that the women of this generation have been born & brought up in a tradition of non-participation in government.”(NYT 5/1/1927)

'But 1992, because of a unique confluence of circumstances and events, may be a watershed in their long struggle to attain more power in the male-dominated political world, leaders of women’s groups and political analysts say.' (LAT 4/30/1992)

'Though they constitute more than half the population, have been a major factor in the economy for decades & boast records of achievement in many fields, women have never constituted more than a sprinkling in Congress, governorships or leadership of the parties.' (LAT 4/30/1992)

“Politics Predict a Madame President… But Mrs. St. George had a few reservations, “I can visualize that day, but it’s a long way off. Unfortunately, as a general rule women are not the most popular candidates among women voters, but men still are among men.” (DFP 4/29/1964)

Ah, the wisdom of #Mencken : women's suffrage would do 'more damage than good.' Seriously?!?
#Maryland #Baltimore #Baltimore Strong #suffrage

'Editor’s note: Women next week will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 19th amendment. Their participation in public life is now widely accepted that memories of what used to be grow dim. This story tells how women, who once were property, have become people.”(WaP 4/28/1940)

“The egghead members of the League of Women Voters are far from fuzzy-minded. The delegates who took the floor at today’s session to talk about disarmament, farm policies, reapportionment and water resources spoke crisply, pithily and to the point.” (LA Times 4/27/1960)

“The Constitution, social security and international peace will be subjects of intensive discussion at the biennial convention of the National league of Women Voters here this week. More than 800 delegates will open the 5 day meeting Monday.” (NYT 4/26/1936)

'Dying at 50, for want of anything to do, the national Woman Suffrage Association bequeaths, through Mrs. Catt, a legacy of “problems” to the emancipated. They say that women are disappointed in politics; that they don’t get the fun out of it that men do...' (NYT 4/25/1925)