Far Beyond Woman Suffrage: The Prices of the Vote

By David McCracken

Far Beyond Woman Suffrage: The Prices of the Vote isn't just about women in long skirts finally voting. The racists and the rich know that, and the politicians worry.Mercy Martin has an inside view as the battle for woman suffrage nears a climax, but she encounters many puzzles: So many women and Southern states oppose votes for women; So many people are afraid it would bring on free love, abandonment of family, economic catastrophe, or communism.So many suffragists are willing to abandon black women voters.From an innocent teen to a young adult, Mercy has a central role in the campaign. She advances from confinement in a suffragist jail cell to the national campaign for the suffrage amendment. She campaigns around Tennessee, ending at the capitol for the explosive climax in the last state that might ratify the amendment and grant the vote to women.
Why should something so clearly right be so hard, and why were some bitter compromises made? Mercy is right in the middle, relied on by key players. Along the way, she acquires a husband, a baby, and better parents than she was born with.
This is an intimate view via alternative historical fiction, as accurate as it can be and as thoughtful and moving as it must be. In this first novella of a series, Mercy jumps into the campaign for woman suffrage and prepares for a vital role in the coming decades. She'll continue on into the wider civil rights struggle growing out of woman suffrage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09F1FY74T
• ISBN13: 9798464929616
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"