Give the Ballot to the Mothers: Songs of the Suffragists - A History in Song

The book can either stand alone or serve as a companion to Ms. Wolff's half-hour video documentary by the same name. The songbook is the first to bring together the lyrics and music of 27 representative songs of the American women's suffrage Movement. Spanning the period from 1848-1920, these songs range in style from parlor music to ragtime. Each song is accompanied by historical background notes and the text is extensively illustrated with full-color sheet music covers, cartoons, photographs and other historical graphic representations. The book, representing over 5 years of research by the author, traces popular American music and the women's suffrage movement as revealed through song.