About the Author
Allison K. Lange is assistant professor of history at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Praise For…
“An in-depth look at how American suffragists fought to control their own image in the long battle for the vote and political representation. Long before the pantsuit, American women were fighting to tell their story, their way. Lange’s book is a story of historical courage whose ramifications still echo today.”
— Former US senator Barbara Mikulski, longest-serving woman in congressional history
“In this richly researched and lavishly illustrated book, Lange argues that the American suffragists were successful in their battle for the vote in part because they used images to transform the public’s notion of political womanhood. She takes special care to address how women of color developed activist visual campaigns. Linking power with visibility and weaving history with visual culture, Lange narrates a fascinating take on the history of the Nineteenth Amendment.”
— Kate Clarke LeMay, National Portrait Gallery
“Picturing Political Power cogently delineates the intrinsic role of visual media in the struggle for women’s rights. Lange shows how we cannot truly grasp the causes of and conflicts over women’s suffrage without addressing its visual record. Sensitive to gender, class, and race, this groundbreaking book demonstrates the importance of rigorous engagement with visual evidence to uncover new insights about the past.”
— Joshua Brown, Graduate Center, City University of New York
“...a digital collection of historical portraits and artifacts that tells a more inclusive story of the women’s suffrage movement with a spotlight on the less familiar stories of Black women’s activism throughout this period.”
— Forbes
