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One of Five Best New Biographies of American Suffragists
One of Hidden Herstory's "top ten reads for 2021"
Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Recipient of Award of Superior Achievement from the Illinois State Historical Society
"A compelling biography that resurrects the life and times of this noteworthy feminist."
--Booklist
"The best one-volume synthesis of the social justice legacy of Progressive Era reform feminism."
--American Historical Review
"Anya Jabour grants Breckinridge her rightful place in studies of gender and social activism from the Progressive Era to the New Deal . . . . by sketching out Breckinridge's contributions to women's modern global reform networks."
--Journal of American History
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