FYI: The first in a Huffington Post series about the role of NYC in the suffrage victory, looking beyond the conventional story and adding the grassroots of the movement, especially the roles of blacks and Jews:
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louise-bernikow/new-york-is-not-just-the-_b_4296460.html
 
I'm eager to find descendants of those who participated and would very much appreciate "liking" the post and spreading the word. Thanks so much.
Louise Bernikow, writer and independent scholar