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Feb. 15, 2014

Meet the real leaders of the women's suffrage movement

For those accustomed to thinking about the leaders of the women's suffrage movement as prim society ladies, Myra MacPherson's "The Scarlet Sisters" will surely astonish. By Elaine Elinson


By Elaine Elinson


For those accustomed to thinking about the leaders of the women's suffrage movement as prim society ladies with veiled bonnets and a penchant for temperance, Myra MacPherson's new book "The Scarlet Sisters: Sex Suffrage and Scandal in the Golden Age" will surely astonish.


MacPherson aims her wit and very sharp pen at a side of the suffrage movement rarely seen in history books, epitomized by two real sisters, Victori...

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