Louise Bernikow
Bio:
Louise Bernikow is the author of nine books, including Among Women and The World Split Open, and innumerable articles in print and on the web. A WMC SheSource expert on the suffrage movement, she is speaking in various movie formats and writing about the “Milliners and Millionaires” in New York City and the votes-for-women campaign.
Suffs, at the Public Theater in New York, does not shy away from the darker aspects of the suffrage movement, including conflicts among women.
Media coverage surrounding the 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment, observed this week, offers deeper and more nuanced understanding of the suffrage movement.
Media outlets that invoke white-clad suffragists as shorthand for a long, sprawling movement often show a simplistic view of women's history. Author Louise Bernikow offers a cheat sheet on the women's suffrage movement for journalists and others.
The new film, about a working-class woman in the British suffrage movement, opens in the U.S. next week. Can it open the doors for more movies about women's political stories?