Enterprising Waters
(March 2020)
The History and Art of New York's Erie Canal Brad L. Utter - Author Ashley Hopkins-Benton - With Karen E. Quinn - With Thomas X. Grasso - Foreword by
Chronicles the story of the Erie Canal from its inception to today.
One of the largest public works projects in American history, the Erie Canal inspired a nationwide transportation revolution and directed the course of New York and American history. When completed in 1825, the engineering marvel unlocked the Western interior for trade and settlement, boomtowns sprang up along the ...(Read More)
Votes for Women
(November 2017)
Celebrating New York's Suffrage Centennial Jennifer A. Lemak - Author Ashley Hopkins-Benton - Author MaryEllen Elia - Foreword by Kirsten Gillibrand - Foreword by Kathy Hochul - Foreword by Betty A. Rosa - Foreword by Andrew M. Cuomo - Foreword by
Chronicles the history of the women’s rights and suffrage movements in New York State and examines the important role the state played in the national suffrage movement.
The work for women’s suffrage started more than seventy years before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and one hundred suppor...(Read More)
