Marjorie Shuler

Marjorie Shuler (November 10, 1888 – 1977) was an American publicist and author for the woman suffragists from New York. She wrote for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) major publication, The Woman Citizen and was the author of several books about suffrage and voting, including The Woman Voter's Manual and one of the very few novels about suffrage, For Rent -- One Pedestal (1917). She was the daughter of Antoinette Nettie Rogers Shuler, a well known suffragist and one of the founders of NAWSA. written with Carrie Chapman Catt. Marjorie Shuler grew up as a Republican, Christian Scientist, and advocate for Prohibition, but committed herself first to writing and publishing for the woman suffrage movement, and then after 1920 to reporting and writing about women's and world events. Shortly after, she voiced "there has been opposition to college training instead of the mechanic’s bench for the boy, to domestic science school instead of the family cookstove for the girl". She was asked by a reporter for a message for Australian women, to which she responded, "The most important thing is to think rightly. Nothing can stop you thinking and advancing...The only thing that can keep you narrow and remote from the world is the barrier that you put up yourself."

Shuler married Dr. Frank F. Charles on June 10, 1939, in New York City, who graduated from University of Heidelberg and became a biologist and writer. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ignatz Charles and grew up in Berlin. Their marriage announcement appears in the New York Times on 27 May 1939. Notably, Shuler appears to have continued to use her maiden name after her marriage, which was unusual for women of the time.

Shuler was known to be a good friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. She even extended a wedding invite to Mrs. Roosevelt, but Roosevelt could not attend because a member of a European royal family was visiting. (1921-1924) Articles for The Farmer's Wife (1927) Articles for The Christian Science Monitor

Books For Rent—One Pedestal (novel) (1917) The Woman Voter’s Manual with S.E. Forman and Carrie Chapman Catt (1918) Your Government: A Civics Handbook (1921) Defeating the Voters at the Polls (1922) Congress and its Work Under the Party System (1922) The State Legislature and its Work Under the Party System (1922) Political Party Control and its Purpose and Methods (1922) Political Party Finances: Their Origin and Uses (1922) Social Conditions in Soviet Russia with William Chapman White and Maurice Hindus (1931) Have It Your Own Way (1932) Are There Opportunities for Women? (1935) In the Public Service : Mrs. Rosalie Edge, free to choose a career, prefers conservation work, and she encourages other women to serve usefully (1938) A Passenger to Adventure (1939) Lady Editor: Careers for Women in Publishing with Ruth Adams Knight and Muriel Fuller (1941)

Editorial Roles Associate Editor for The Woman Citizen (1920–21) Staff Contributor in The Trend: A Bulletin of Current History and Letters

Accomplishments and positions Press Secretary for NAWSA's Congress Committee Secretary of the National Federations of Business and Professional Women Elected City Chairman in Buffalo, NY Founder, Business Women's Club, Buffalo, NY