- “I suggested [your book] to my book group. Everyone loved it. The best part was the astonishing feeling of surprise at the revelation that these society ladies played such a big role in getting us the vote. We all felt that it appeared that, if they had not taken part in the action, the campaign might have dragged on forever. And that they got so little credit, until now, was disappointing. You've restored them to their rightful place.” – Faith Andrews Bedford, author of Little Girls in Matching Dresses and The Sporting Art of Frank W. Benson
- “I love this book! I narrated it last year for @Tantor Audio. It was one of my FAVORITES!” – C.S.E. Cooney
- “In this fast-paced and important book, Johanna Neuman reminds us of the enormous mobilizations – the rallies and speeches and campaigns – that women of all classes engaged in to build one of the most consequential social movements in American history.” — Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor Of History, Harvard University
- “First impressions, 'that unconscious cue that forms a feeling or opinion.' Fashion, style, dress, all non-verbal signals to society about one’s social status, occupation or heritage. Neuman brilliantly explores how the doyennes of America’s elite used their wardrobe and homes to lure a movement and promote an ideology. These socialites made the red carpet their runway for the cause of women’s suffrage and promoted a fashionable trend under the label ‘Votes for Women Campaign.’ ” —Norine Fuller, Executive Director, Fashion Institute Of Design & Merchandising
- “Imagine, if you will, you’ve managed an invitation to a society event in Gilded Age Manhattan. In her compelling study of personality and social power, Johanna Neuman introduces you to the women in the room, all fashionable, most wealthy beyond imagination, and yet, all politically powerless. These are not the women we think of as leaders in the fight for women’s right to vote, yet here they are in this fascinating study, dressed to the nines, disarming to the patriarchy, and determined.” — Marc Pachter, Director Emeritus, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- “With its rollicking narratives of determined personalities and rancorous barbs, Gilded Suffragists makes the story of winning women’s suffrage encompass the several determined and super-wealthy New York women whose leadership, social cachet, and fashionable presence injected new liveliness and power into the movement at crucial junctures.” — Nancy F. Cott, professor of history, Harvard University