Readers of the Elm Creek Quilt series who have enjoyed Chiaverini’s narrative jaunts into Civil War and Underground Railroad history will be interested in Mrs. Elizabeth Keckley is an admirable heroine-successful, self-made, and utterly sympathetic. Lincoln is mercurial, scheming, extravagant, and troubled, but Elizabeth stands by her as she is lambasted in the press. Keckley had a front-row seat to history: she dressed Washington’s A-list, including Jefferson Davis’ wife before they left D.C., and, most intimately, Mary Todd Lincoln. Enjoy!Ĭhiaverini’s latest is based on the true story of Elizabeth Keckley, who bought freedom from slavery for herself and her son and went on to become a well-known modiste in Washington. But they pull it off! If this doesn’t make you jump up and shout “Hurrah,” then nothing will! Book clubs will rock with this one! An added benefit: the extensive listing of her research sources for further reading. Finally, on the day of the procession, March 3, 1913, when the police were seemingly unable to do their jobs properly, things get pretty touch-and-go on the route. The author gives us the background, including Wilson’s anti-suffrage views, the challenges put forth by Maud Malone at gatherings like his pre-election gathering, the less than enthusiastic agreement to allow Ida to march with the group, and the hard work leading up to the procession itself. The result? Alice Paul organizes the Woman’s Suffrage Procession of 1913 – the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration – in which they are joined by thousands of other women, all moving forward toward a future that will not come quickly. Wells-Barnett was born into slavery in the south and now wants to make sure that black women are not left behind by the mostly white suffrage efforts Maud Malone is a New York librarian working for human rights and Alice Paul, who is only twenty-five years old but has already known what it means to spend time in prison in Great Britain, has returned to bolster the lagging movement in her own country. With remarkable clarity and focus, in this, her newest novel, the author takes us to the front lines of the suffrage movement as seen through the eyes of three women: Ida B.
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