Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the history of the women's movement to actually construct the movement, and therefore history. Tetrault studies the politics within the suffrage movement at the time of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and posits that constructed "mythology" continues to define American history. Tetrault shows that the dominant narrative ignores the work of Lucy Stone and the efforts of women of color, male suffragettes, and other reformers. Tetrault's view aligns with those of the scholars in this reading list who support the need for metaphor reform and wave periodization.