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Political activists Political activists United States Juvenile literature Social advocacy Social advocacy United States Juvenile literature Suffragists History Suffragists United States History Suffragists United States History Juvenile literature Women Suffrage History Women Suffrage United States History Juvenile literature Women's rights United States HistoryRoberts, David
Summary: Imprisonment, hunger strikes, suffrajitsu -- the decades-long fight for women's right to vote was at times a ferocious one. Acclaimed artist David Roberts gives these important, socially transformative times their due in a colorfully illustrated history that includes many of the important faces of the movement in portraiture and scenes that both dignify and enliven. He has created a timely and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROBConkling, Winifred
Summary: On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost eighty-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights. In this expansive yet personal volume, author Winifred Conkling covers not only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2018
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2 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 973 CONRobb, Lucinda
Summary: A look at some of the prominent women behind the suffragist movement in the U.S. offers readers an eye-opening look at the tactics and strategies employed in one of the largest, longest and least well-known movements in American history, as well as a clear-eyed view of some of the movement's key figures, including Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020