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Genevieve McBride traces women's work in reform movements in the state's politics and especially in its press, bringing women's voices vividly to life, in their own words. Nowhere was the struggle fought for so long and so hard as in Wisconsin.

Traces, by means of their own words, women's work in 19th- and early 20th-century reform movements in Wisconsin's politics, and especially in its press. Until the state's ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1919, Wisconsin women were never at a loss for words, or a newspaper to print them.

Before Dear Abby or Ann Landers, an advice columnist beloved as Dear Mrs. Griggs already had dispensed wisdom to millions of readers for decades. Indeed, the iconic Ione Quinby Griggs became legendary for her longevity of more than half a century in the advice industry, because she colluded with her columns readers by empowering them to set the agenda of their page, the back page of the newspaper. Their letters often foreshadowed front-page news as well as modern social media in the collaboration that created a forerunner in their more sociable media. A form of community forum, the column...