ROBERT P. J. COONEY JR.
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Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr. has studied the historic drive to win the vote by American women for over 15 years. After attending the University of Santa Clara in California, he joined the staff of the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence in Palo Alto where he designed and co-edited “The Power of the People: Active Nonviolence in the United States” (Peace Press: 1977). This illustrated history traced nonviolent tactics and philosophy throughout U.S. history from William Penn to Martin Luther King, Jr., and awakened an interest in the woman suffrage movement. Moving to Pt. Reyes Station in 1977, he began Robert Cooney Graphic Design and over the years created hundreds of books, publications, and special projects for commercial and non-profit clients. In 1993 he started the Woman Suffrage Media Project to coordinate and further efforts to help popularize this little known part of American history. He also began research for a photographic history of the suffrage movement, and visited or corresponded with major libraries and historical societies across the country. |
| Recipient of a research grant from The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe, he served as a consultant on several suffrage-related books, publications, and films including the PBS documentary, “One Women, One Vote.” After 12 years of work, he published the lavishly illustrated history, “Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement” (American Graphic Press: 2005), full of facts and images documenting women’s early political achievements. The book received glowing reviews and was recommended as an essential resource for the nation’s public and school libraries. He has spoken at the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Constitution Center, and the Library of Congress, emphasizing in particular the successful grassroots political campaigns suffragists waged between 1910 and 1920. Mr. Cooney received the annual “Write Women Back Into History” Award in 2005 from the National Women’s History Project in recognition of his work uncovering this nearly forgotten chapter in American history. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he lives with his wife in Santa Cruz, California. | |
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American Graphic Press, a fine art publisher in Santa Cruz, California, is proud to be associated with the National Women’s History Project. Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement is a beautiful tribute to the achievements of American women and an overall affirmation of the success and appeal of American democracy. Visit www.AmericanGrahpicPress.com |
| The National Women’s History Project, founded in 1980, is a non-profit educational organization in Santa Rosa, California, which promotes and celebrates the achievements of multi-cultural American women. The NWHP works to insure that women are included in school curricula and historical treatments, and has been leader in efforts to make the woman suffrage movement a recognized part of American history. The NWHP helped win designation of March as National Women’s History Month, and every year a number of notable multicultural women are honored during a celebration that is observed nationwide. Visit the www.nwhp.org website. |
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