First edition of Standing Together: Inez Milhollands Final Campaign for Womens Suffrage by Jeanine Michna-Bales (2021)
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Large format hardback in new condition
Signed by Jeanine Michna-Bales to title page
About
In 1916, Inez Milholland Boissevain (18861916) embarked on a grueling campaign across the Western U.S. on behalf of The National Womens Party appealing for womens suffrage ahead of the 1916 Presidential election.Standing Togetherby artist Jeanine Michna-Bales retraces Milhollands journey. The 30-year-old suffragist delivered some 50 speeches to standing-room-only crowds in eight states in 21 days: Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah, Nevada, and California. She battled chronic illness and lack of sleep during her travels and died a month after her last speech in Los Angeles, where her final public words were, Mr. President, how long must this go on, no liberty?
Through her photographs, combining dramatic landscapes and historical reenactments of important vignettes of Milholland on her journey, Michna-Bales captures a glimpse of the monumental effort required to pass the 19th Amendment. Contextualizing Michna-Bales photographs are a text by the author, historical ephemera including period newspaper accounts, Milhollands speeches, and excerpts from evocative personal letters to her husband, as well as an essay by Linda J. Lumsden, historian of womens rights and Milholland biographer.
