The many books published in 1993 to celebrate the centenary of women's suffrage in New Zealand focused on that country. This important and exciting book sees that experience in a much wider international and historical perspective. Based on papers given at an international conference in Wellington in 1993, it presents a rich collection of essays by leading scholars in women's history. The quality and range of the contributions, their comparative and analytic approach, and the attention given to the subsequent significance of the women's vote make this a major study. Scholars and students of women's history internationally; feminists.