Any reader who would like to understand the U.S. suffrage movement would be well advised to read this engaging and illuminating account of the role played by women who migrated West. Suffragist Migration West after Seneca Falls, 1848–1871 presents an interesting biography of one such woman--Catharine Paine Blaine--to illustrate the underappreciated, yet vital role of Western women in achieving suffrage.

Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University

With the life story of Catherine Paine Blaine as its backbone, this well-crafted and important book shows how the quasi-religious doctrine of Manifest Destiny fueled white feminism in nineteenth–century America. As the youngest woman to sign the Women's Rights Declaration in Seneca Falls in 1848, Blaine became an influential educator and suffragist in the American West, and one of the first women to vote in Washington Territory. A must read for anyone interested in women's leadership in western expansion.

Amanda Porterfield, author of 'Conceived in Doubt: Religion and Politics in the Early American Republic'

Stidham Rogers's very readable history of the life and work of Catherine Paine Blaine lends important insight into the history of the Methodist Church in the pioneer settlements of Pacific Northwest in the nineteenth century and adds an important chapter to the historiography of the city of Seattle. Most significantly, this book tells the lost story of the salient role of Western suffragists --like Catherine Blaine-- in the larger struggle for women's equality in the United States. Stidham Rogers tells Paine's story with sensitivity and respect for the diverse populations of the Pacific Northwest. This is an important addition to American women's history.

Rachel May, University of South Florida