All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women's Right to Vote
In honor of the centenary of the 19th amendment, a delectable new book that reveals a new side to the history of the suf frage movement.

We all likely conjure up a similar image of the women’s suffrage movement: picket signs, red carnations, militant marches through the streets. But was it only these rallies that gained women the exposure and power that led them to the vote? Ever courageous and creative, suffragists also carried their radical message into America’s homes wrapped in food wisdom, through cookbooks, which ingenuously packaged political strategy into already existent social communities. These cookbooks gave suffragists a chance to reach out to women on their own terms, in nonthreatening and accessible ways. Cooking together, feeding people, and using social situations to put people at ease were pioneering grassroots tactics that leveraged the domestic knowledge these women already had, feeding spoonfuls of suffrage to communities through unexpected and unassuming channels. Kumin, the author of The Hamilton Cookbook, expands this forgotten history, she shows us that, in spite of massive opposition, these women brilliantly wove charm and wit into their message. Filled with actual historic recipes (“mix the crust with tact and velvet gloves, using no sarcasm, especially with the upper crust”) that evoke the spirited flavor of feminism and food movements, All Stirred Up re-activates the taste of an era and carries us back through time. Kumin shows that these suffragettes were far from the militant, stern caricatures their detractors made them out to be. Long before they had the vote, women enfranchised themselves through the subversive and savvy power of the palate.
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All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women's Right to Vote
In honor of the centenary of the 19th amendment, a delectable new book that reveals a new side to the history of the suf frage movement.

We all likely conjure up a similar image of the women’s suffrage movement: picket signs, red carnations, militant marches through the streets. But was it only these rallies that gained women the exposure and power that led them to the vote? Ever courageous and creative, suffragists also carried their radical message into America’s homes wrapped in food wisdom, through cookbooks, which ingenuously packaged political strategy into already existent social communities. These cookbooks gave suffragists a chance to reach out to women on their own terms, in nonthreatening and accessible ways. Cooking together, feeding people, and using social situations to put people at ease were pioneering grassroots tactics that leveraged the domestic knowledge these women already had, feeding spoonfuls of suffrage to communities through unexpected and unassuming channels. Kumin, the author of The Hamilton Cookbook, expands this forgotten history, she shows us that, in spite of massive opposition, these women brilliantly wove charm and wit into their message. Filled with actual historic recipes (“mix the crust with tact and velvet gloves, using no sarcasm, especially with the upper crust”) that evoke the spirited flavor of feminism and food movements, All Stirred Up re-activates the taste of an era and carries us back through time. Kumin shows that these suffragettes were far from the militant, stern caricatures their detractors made them out to be. Long before they had the vote, women enfranchised themselves through the subversive and savvy power of the palate.
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All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women's Right to Vote

All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women's Right to Vote

by Laura Kumin
All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women's Right to Vote

All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women's Right to Vote

by Laura Kumin

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In honor of the centenary of the 19th amendment, a delectable new book that reveals a new side to the history of the suf frage movement.

We all likely conjure up a similar image of the women’s suffrage movement: picket signs, red carnations, militant marches through the streets. But was it only these rallies that gained women the exposure and power that led them to the vote? Ever courageous and creative, suffragists also carried their radical message into America’s homes wrapped in food wisdom, through cookbooks, which ingenuously packaged political strategy into already existent social communities. These cookbooks gave suffragists a chance to reach out to women on their own terms, in nonthreatening and accessible ways. Cooking together, feeding people, and using social situations to put people at ease were pioneering grassroots tactics that leveraged the domestic knowledge these women already had, feeding spoonfuls of suffrage to communities through unexpected and unassuming channels. Kumin, the author of The Hamilton Cookbook, expands this forgotten history, she shows us that, in spite of massive opposition, these women brilliantly wove charm and wit into their message. Filled with actual historic recipes (“mix the crust with tact and velvet gloves, using no sarcasm, especially with the upper crust”) that evoke the spirited flavor of feminism and food movements, All Stirred Up re-activates the taste of an era and carries us back through time. Kumin shows that these suffragettes were far from the militant, stern caricatures their detractors made them out to be. Long before they had the vote, women enfranchised themselves through the subversive and savvy power of the palate.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781643134536
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication date: 08/04/2020
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

Laura Kumin is the author of The Hamilton Cookbook: Cooking, Eating, and Entertaining in Hamilton’s World and runs the popular blog “Mother Would Know.” Kumin earned a law degree from Columbia Law School and practiced in Washington D.C. for more than two-decades. She lives in Washington D.C. where she now teaches cooking and food history.
Laura Kumin is the author of The Hamilton Cookbook: Cooking, Eating, and Entertaining in Hamilton's World and runs the popular blog "Mother Would Know" Kumin earned a law degree from Columbia Law School and practiced in Washington D.C. for more than two-decades. She lives in Washington D.C. where she now teaches cooking and food history.

Table of Contents

Timeline ix

Introduction xxxiii

Part 1 The Suffrage Battle 1

1 Time Travel: Imagining the Pre-Suffrage World 3

Breads, Breakfast, and Brunch 15

2 Launching the Campaign 37

Appetizers, Finger Food, and Beverages 47

3 From Seneca Falls to the Ballot Box 61

Soups and Salads 91

4 We Can Peel Potatoes and Fight for the Vote, Too! Suffrage Strategies and Battle Tactics 113

Meat and Poultry 147

Part 2 Food for the Suffrage Legions 165

5 Revolution in the Kitchen 167

Fish and Seafood 185

6 Unique, Yet Connected: The Suffrage Cookbooks 195

Rice, Noodles, and Vegetables 221

7 Entertaining and Eating, Suffrage-Style 239

Condiments, Pickles, and Preserves 259

Part 3 Beyond Suffrage 273

8 What Suffrage Means for Us 275

Desserts and Other Sweets 285

Acknowledgments 317

Endnotes 319

Chapter Heading Image Credits 345

Color Insert Image Credits 346

Index 347

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