"Shilo elucidates the strong historical connections between feminism and Jewish nationalism–and their mutual reinforcement–as Zionist women struggled for suffrage in Mandatory Palestine in the context of the movement to found a Jewish and democratic state. Except for a handful of studies . . . the women's victory in that struggle has virtually been erased from the political history of the State of Israel. Writing against the grain of the male-centered historical canon, Shilo applies up-to-date feminist scholarly methods to the 'herstory' of the suffrage movement. . . . An erudite tour de force."–Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui, Nashim