Our children never fail to imitate the actions of those around them - so we must surround them with greater awareness of female achievements. Given time, any powerful woman with backbone and nerve will get credit for this phrase and sentiment. Not only was Alva a formidable force in the women’s movement, she was also one of the few suffragettes who fought for the inclusion of African-American women in the cause, at a time when America was still crippled with racial discrimination.

History is a conversation and sometimes a shouting match between present and past, though often the voices we most want to hear are barely audible. Today these words appear on t-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, greeting cards, and all sorts of Web sites and blogs. Historian John Demos praises the book in his review, "Venturing off in a new and highly original direction, she has put physical objects ― mainly but not entirely textiles ― at the center of her inquiry. Roosevelt's inauguration as the 32nd president of the US in March 1933, the new First Lady held her first White House press conference for women reporters only.

She managed to develop innovative ways to look at history from the perspective of the subjects of study. At the time, however, she was often considered scandalous and vilified for her feminist, antagonistic views and a staunch independence that unsettled the status quo.

In this engrossing volume, Laurel Ulrich goes far beyond the slogan she inadvertently created and explores what it means to make history. The issue is that many historical records were written by men - many of whom simply disregareded women and saw them as unimportant.The slogan works because it simultaneously acknowledges and defends misbehavior as a necessary consequence of making history. Ulrich hypothesizes that this decrease in births is due to another midwife taking over Ballard's work. The admired historian, and coiner of one of feminism’s most popular slogans, explores what it means for women to make history. women made possible a new vision of active citizenship unlike the original vision based on the worlds of small farmers and artisans" (Evans 3).