Louise Bernikow

VOTES FOR WOMEN NY
New York City has always been a hotbed of female activism. Even before the Civil War, a woman suffrage meeting here so incited the public that it became known as the "mob convention." When Stanton & Anthony found a publisher for their monumental movement history, it was a NYC firm that specialized in phrenology. And when the Statue of Liberty arrived, women were waiting in the harbor with signs declaring that American women had no democracy.

You have never heard American history told this way before.

Fifth Avenue became a canvas for women on horseback, in automobiles and on foot, parading in ever-increasing numers, until "Votes for Women" marchers numbered in the tens of thousands and spectators nearly half a million. Italians. Jews. Irish. Atheists. African-Americans. Socialists.William James. WEB Du Bois. It was impossible to live in New York City and not be caught up in the struggle.
If, after victory, the lights went out on the spectacle and the lessons were lost, fear not. They have been retrieved here.

THE SHOULDERS WE STAND ON: WOMEN AS AGENTS OF CHANGE
These are women you may know, seen from a different angle, and many more you didn't learn about in school. From Stanton, Anthony, Gage & Mott through Second Wave feminism and after, in politics, art, civil rights, and more, the speaker puts the story together in a way that makes audiences stand and cheer.

THE AMERICAN WOMEN’S ALMANAC: AN INSPIRING AND IRREVERENT WOMEN’S HISTORY
The book behind the talks. A historical pastiche with images that has been called:
"Dazzling. Surprising. Monumental. A great gift of women's history, politics, vision and endless acts of random generosity on behalf of women's rights." Blanche Weisen Cook
"Big, bold, wonderful book. A truly multicultural feast and a joy to read." Darlene Clark Hine
“A delicious, hearty, surprising, delightful minestrone brimming with nourishing information we need.” Nell Irvin Painter

Dreaming in Libro: How a Good Dog Tamed a Bad Woman
"Sharply observed, beautifully written, and bursting at the seams with two big hearts-- one human and one canine," says Claire Cook, author of Must Love Dogs.
An Oprah magazine summer reading pick, this book follows Louise and Libro, the bi-lingual canine, on a hilarious journey around Manhattan's upper west side, cross-country as animal rescue poster kids, to the Hamptons for fun and through the cycles of a lifetime.Now available in paperback.

BARK IF YOU LOVE ME: A WOMAN MEETS DOG STORY
The prequel. Relatively indifferent to the natural world and happily independent,Louise Bernikow knew nothing about caring for pets. But one day while running along Manhattan’s Hudson River, she came across an abandoned boxer and did what her mother always warned her against - she brought the strange male home.