I picked up this book at the recommendation of friend, expecting a factual but straightforward account of how unmarried women as a voter block have influenced politics in America. This book has that, but so much more. It was conversational, personal, and affirmational in a way I had not predicted. Traister expertly weaves together an enormous amount of studies with her own primary source research- interviews of women from all over the country. These stories are laid side by side with stories of women from history who either never married, or married later than was conventionally expected in their era, and how those choices effected their own lives and the world. I would highly recommend this book to everyone. This is the kind of book I would have loved to read for school and discussed in a classroom, but was just as enjoyable as a pleasure read. I can't praise it enough.