A Woman for Mayor: A Novel of To-Day

Gertrude Van Deusen isn't looking for a fight. But when the women of her city gather for lunch and decide their corrupt, decaying political system needs a woman's intervention, Gertrude becomes an unlikely candidate for mayor. It's the early 1900s: women's suffrage is still a battle, and a woman in politics is almost unthinkable. Yet she accepts the challenge, facing opposition from men who see her as either a laughingstock or a dangerous novelty. What follows is both a ripping political campaign and a quietly radical exploration of what women can accomplish when they refuse to stay silent. Helen M. Winslow writes with sharp wit and genuine warmth, capturing a moment when the old order was beginning to crack and women were ready to walk through the gap. This is a book about the first tentative steps into public life, and how terrifying and exhilarating that trespassing felt.