Michigan's Con-Con 11

“Speaking as the daughter of one of the Con-Con 11, and as a fifty-plus-year leader in the League of Women Voters, I found Lynn Liberato’s book captures the essence of an untold story of revising Michigan’s constitution. The author composed a fascinating and meticulously researched book. By highlighting the role of the women delegates, she reveals a more complete picture of the entire experience, and I found it a joy to read.” — Betsy Cushman, former vice president of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, former president of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, Dearborn-Dearborn Heights, and daughter of Katherine Cushman, one of the Con-Con11

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“Lynn Liberato has written a splendid book. The scholarship behind it is amazing. Using the 3,316 pages of the two-volume Official Record as her starting point, she has made the record come alive with the use of original source documents, correspondence, journals and transcripts from oral histories of convention delegates and weaved them into a narrative from the perspective of the eleven women who were elected as delegates in 1961 to the 144-member constitutional convention.” — Bob LaBrant, retired attorney and past president of the Michigan Political History Society

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“Women have often been at the table furthering the progress of viable resolutions to problems but have been left out of the records of events. It is gratifying to read about the women who made such significant contributions to the Con-Con and Michigan’s future. League women have always been leaders.” — Christina Schlitt, member of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, Grand Traverse Area

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