AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsA Special Message from Governor Andrew M.CuomoMessage from Senator Kirsten GillibrandMessage from Lieutenant Governor Kathy HochulMessage from Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa and Commissioner of Education Mary Ellen EliaIntroductionSection 1. Agitate! Agitate!, 1776-1890Essay-"All Men and Women Are Created Equal": The Legacy of Seneca FallsEssay-Breaking the Law for Freedom: The Campaign of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience for the VoteEssay-"Bound Together by the Ties of Humanity": Sarah Jane Smith Thompson GarnetEssay-A "Monstrous Absurdity": The 1886 Suffrage Protest of the Statue of LibertySection 2. Winning the Vote, 1890-1920Essay-"Give Her of the Fruit of Her Hands": Women's Suffrage Activity on the Buffalo-Niagara FrontierEssay-"Just Cause to Feel Proud": Chautauqua County's Leading Role in Grassroots Suffrage Activism Essay-"These Model Families": Romance, Marriage, and Family in the New York Woman Suffrage Movement