ctly and organizing among themselves, locally and nationally, for their own rights.
             Yet, despite all of this, the suffrage movement has been routinely and consistently ignored, and when it has not been ignored, it has been substantially misrepresented. The result is the misconception today-when there is any conception at all-of the suffrage movement as being essentially an old, passive, white, upper-class, naive, inconsequential cause, one hardly worthy of attention much less respect. It is treated as a lone curiosity with nothing to teach us, or as a target for clever academics to critique. Fortunately, there are some notable exceptions, but this attitude and the lack of accurate information available lie at the heart of the problem.
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