Chin-Lee, Cynthia

Summary: "Introduces the reader to women's right to vote"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 CHI

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CHI

Messner, Kate

Summary: "Myths about the history of women's rights in the US--focusing on the ratification of the 19th Amendment--are debunked; the real deal of what happened is explained"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 MES

Cobb, Laura Knight

Summary: A picture book that celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and teaches the importance of equality and tolerance through the eyes of a girl, a lark, and a gardener.--Adapted from back cover summary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.6 COB

Weiss, Elaine F.

Summary: "This adaptation of the book Hillary Clinton calls "a page-turning drama and an inspiration" will spark the attention of young readers and teach them about activism, civil rights, and the fight for women's suffrage--just in time for the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Includes an eight-page photo insert! American women are so close to winning the right to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 WEI

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 WEI

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Weiss, Elaine F.

Summary: "The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history. Nashville, August 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, granting all women the vote, is on the verge of ratification--or defeat. Out of the thirty-six states needed, thirty-five have approved it, and one last state is still in play--Tennessee. After a seven-decade crusade to win the ballot, this...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 WEI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom Weiss

Harris, Duchess

Summary: "The Thirteenth Amendment is one of the most important acts in the legal history of the United States. It is often said that the amendment abolished slavery. But its legacy is more complicated than that. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery except as a form of punishment. Southerners seized on this loophole. They unjustly arrested thousands of Black people. Black convicts were forced to do...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J325.2609 HAR

Foner, Eric

Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 FON

Foner, Eric

Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar comes a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time.

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 FON

Favreau, Marc

Summary: "Marc Favreau documents the Great Depression--a time when Americans from all walks of life fell victim to poverty, insecurity, and fear--and tells the incredible story of how they survived and, ultimately, thrived. This is the story of the Great Depression in the United States, from the sweeping consequences of the market collapse to the more personal stories of individuals and communities...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.91 FAV

Khan, Khizr

Summary: The author traces his family's experiences immigrating to the U.S. to introduce the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, explaining how it represents America's democratic values and discussing the importance of documents history.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 320 KHA

Bird, Kai

Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005

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Lanctot, Neil

Summary: "By turns a colorful triptych of three American icons who changed history and the engrossing story of the roots of World War I, The Approaching Storm is a surprising and important story of how and why the United States emerged onto the world stage"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 LAN