Lange is an expert on the history of women’s suffrage in the United States. She is a professor, curator, and speaker who seeks to share her expertise with the public.

I’m Allison Lange, and I’m a historian who explores the stories that pictures tell about the intersection of gender and power in US history. I write, give talks, teach, and curate exhibitions. Our image-saturated world and the legacy of historical images in it fascinates me.

My first book, Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement (University of Chicago Press, 2020) focuses on the ways that women’s voting rights activists and their opponents used images to define gender and power. My next book situates current iconic pictures within the context of historical ones to demonstrate that today’s visual debates about gender and politics are shaped by those of the past. Read more