The idea for Stories from Suffragette City was launched during a flight home from Literature Lovers’ Night Out in Minneapolis, where we had both been invited to speak, so thanks to bookseller extraordinaire Pamela Klinger-Horn for bringing us together, and for everything you do to connect authors and readers.
We are so grateful to James Melia and Amy Einhorn at Holt for your early enthusiasm for the project and sage guidance. Also to Stefanie Lieberman and Dan Conaway for juggling the logistical aspects of an anthology with consummate skill and grace. Thank you to the entire team at Holt, including Maggie Richards, Declan Taintor, and Caitlin O’Shaughnessy.
To the authors whose work appears in these pages: we are so lucky to have you on board and grateful for your splendid and thoughtful contributions.
We are indebted to Meredith Bergmann, whose suffrage sculpture for New York’s Central Park inspired this idea, and to historians and authors Johanna Neuman, Robert Cooney, and Antonia Petrash, whose help was invaluable.
Personally, from Fiona:
Thanks to Brian and Dilys Davis and the rest of the Davis clan, and Greg Wands for your support and love.
And from M. J.:
Thanks to all the strong women in my life who have taught by example, especially Mara Nathan. To Jordan Kulick, whose passion for our future and planet continues to give me hope. And, of course, thanks always to my family for their love, and to Doug Scofield for … well, for everything.