All stirred up Suffrage cookbooks, food, and the battle for women's right to vote
Book - 2020
A look at how suffragettes brought their political messages into American homes through cookbooks that appealed to women in nonthreatening and accessible ways and ran counter to the militant and stern caricatures often associated with the movement.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Recipes
- Published
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New York :
Pegasus Books
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Pegasus books edition
- Physical Description
- xxxvii, 357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781643134529
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Suffrage Battle
- 1. Time Travel: Imagining the Pre-Suffrage World
- Breads, Breakfast, and Brunch
- 2. Launching the Campaign
- Appetizers, Finger Food, and Beverages
- 3. From Seneca Falls to the Ballot Box
- Soups and Salads
- 4. We Can Peel Potatoes and Fight for the Vote, Too! Suffrage Strategies and Battle Tactics
- Meat and Poultry
- Part 2. Food for the Suffrage Legions
- 5. Revolution in the Kitchen
- Fish and Seafood
- 6. Unique, Yet Connected: The Suffrage Cookbooks
- Rice, Noodles, and Vegetables
- 7. Entertaining and Eating, Suffrage-Style
- Condiments, Pickles, and Preserves
- Part 3. Beyond Suffrage
- 8. What Suffrage Means for Us
- Desserts and Other Sweets
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Chapter Heading Image Credits
- Color Insert Image Credits
- Index