The Cure for Dreaming (38 page)
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Authors: Cat Winters
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS
and organizations.
My husband and two kids, my parents, my sister, and the rest of my close family and friends, for
always
being supportive of my dreams, even when they've seemed impossible.
My agent, Barbara Poelle, for becoming an instant champion of this book as soon as she read the first chapters.
My editor, Maggie Lehrman, for believing in me a second time around and for spinning her magic to make my work shine.
The rest of the team at Abrams: Susan Van Metre, Tamar Brazis, Laura Mihalick, Jason Wells, Maria T. Middleton (designer extraordinaire!), Tina Mories in the UK, the copyeditor, proofreaders, and everyone else who played a role in making this book as strong as it could possibly be and putting it into the hands of readers. Such diligent work is much appreciated.
My early readers, Carrie Raleigh, Kim Murphy, Francesca Miller, Adam Karp, and Meggie, for their enthusiasm and much-needed feedback.
Miriam Forster, Teri Brown, Amber J. Keyser, and Kelly Garrettâmy Thursday Morning Coffee and Writing Teamâ for getting me out of the house!
My fellow members of The Lucky 13s, Corsets, Cutlasses, & Candlesticks, and SCBWI Oregon, whom I can always count on for advice, emotional support, and exuberant cheers of celebration.
The Mark Twain Foundation, for assistance and permission to quote the great Mr. Clemens.
The Oregon Historical Society, the University of Oregon Libraries, the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the Women of the West Museum, for their indispensable research archives.
David Burke, Wade Major, Oliver Fabris, and Jamie Lucero for their help with Henri Reverie's French.
Merci!
Any errors in translation are entirely my own.
Last of all, my deepest gratitude extends to every single woman and man who fought to end inequality at the voting polls in the United States and elsewhere. Their sacrifices and struggles to give the silenced a voice should never be forgotten.
May equality spread even farther across the globe in the very near future.
WHEN AND WHERE U.S. WOMEN GAINED FULL SUFFRAGE
1869
Wyoming territory
1
1893
Colorado
1896
Utah
2
and Idaho
1910
Washington State
3
1911
California
1912
Oregon,
4
Kansas, and Arizona
1913
Alaska
5
1914
Montana and Nevada
1917
New York
1918
Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma
1
Wyoming became a state in 1890, and Wyoming women retained the right to vote.
2
Women in the territory of Utah were given full suffrage in 1870. In 1887 that right was taken away until Utah became a state in 1896.
3
The territory of Washington briefly granted women, including African American women, full suffrage in 1883, but in 1887 the Territorial Supreme Court overturned that law.
4
The men of Oregon voted down suffrage referendums in 1884, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1910, before approving the sixth measure in 1911.
5
The territory of Alaska granted women full suffrage forty-six years before it became a state in 1959.
August 26, 1920
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is signed into law. Female U.S. citizens age twenty-one and older are granted the right to vote in all states.
1924
The Indian Citizenship Act gives Native Americans, both male and female, U.S. citizenship, yet Native Americans will not be granted suffrage in every state until 1962.
1965â2006
The U.S. government passes legislation to protect the voting rights of minorities, Americans with disabilities, and other citizens who had encountered obstacles in exercising their freedom to vote.
1971
The voting age is dropped to eighteen in all fifty states.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CAT WINTERS
is the author of
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
, which received three starred reviews and was a finalist for YALSA's Morris Award for debut YA fiction. She grew up near Disneyland in Southern California. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family.
