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.

Genevieve G. McBride is assistant professor of mass communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A native of Milwaukee, she worked in public relations for more than a decade and also worked as a journalist for the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee Star, Milwaukee Courier, and Waukesha Freeman.