Now she’s speaking out on women’s issues from Boston to New York. After she flees him to nearby Boston, Penelope, by necessity, becomes a paid public speaker in the early women’s suffrage movement.
Penelope quickly attracts the unwanted advances of a villainous millionaire banker who preys on distressed women. In a Starred review, Kirkus calls Mistress Suffragette “a sprightly, winning historical novel.” San Francisco Re vi ew of Books reports “writing of this quality is rare…a very welcome debut.” New Theory Magazine notes: “the plight of the clever main character, Penelope, has a timelessness that every 21 st century woman will recognize.”Ībout Mistress Suffragette : Sheltered but feisty Penelope Stanton, growing up in Gilded Age, Newport, Rhode Island is tarnished by her father’s bankruptcy during the Panic of 1893. A brilliantly crafted work of historical fiction that unfolds against the backdrop o f Manhattan’s Gilded Age, Mistress Suffragette has earned high critical praise. Sex and the Suffrage movement collide in Diana Forbes’s debut novel, Mistress Suffragette. An annual award presented in conjunction with the national Reader Views Book Awards, The Garcia Memorial Prize is awarded to the best fiction book of the year.
Manhattan Novelist Awarded The Garcia Memorial Prize for Best Fiction Book of the Year:ĭiana Forbes wins prestigious honor for her debut novel, Mistress SuffragetteĪUSTIN, TEXAS – Manhattan novelist Diana Forbes has been awarded The Garcia Memorial Prize for her debut novel, Mistress Suffragette.
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