Karen Pastorello
Historian and professor who chaired a Women and Gender Studies program and co-authored Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State, with expertise in labor and women's history.
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Apr 4, 2026 • 43min
Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello, "Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State" (Cornell UP, 2017)
Karen Pastorello, historian of labor and women’s history and former Women and Gender Studies chair. Susan Goodier, historian of women’s history and suffrage and former New York History Journal board member. They trace suffrage origins in abolitionism and legal inequality. They map evolving tactics from petitions and parades to canvassing and early marketing. They highlight diverse supporters across class, race, and region.
