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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xi, 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color), map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marking the centenary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Votes for Women celebrates past efforts while looking toward what actions we might take in the future to further support women's equality"--Introduction.
22) The Vote
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Formats
Description
One hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, it tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in US history.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
404 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing forces include politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and a lot of racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the "Antis"--women...
24) Women's suffrage
Author
Series
Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Blast back to the past and learn all about the women's suffrage movement. When people think about the women's suffrage movement, things like voting rights and protests may come to mind. But what was the movement all about, and what social change did it bring? This engaging nonfiction book, complete with black-and-white interior illustrations, will make readers feel like they've traveled back in time. It covers everything from the history of women's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
xii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
This study of African American women's roles in the suffrage movement breaks new ground. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn draws from many original documents to take a comprehensive look at the African American women who sought the right to vote. She discovers numerous Black suffragists previously unknown. Analyzing the women's own stories, she examines why they joined the woman suffrage movement in the United States and how they participated in it - with white...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"According to conventional wisdom, American women's campaign for the vote began with the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The movement was led by storied figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. But this women's movement was an overwhelmingly white one, and it secured the constitutional right to vote for white women, not for all women. In Vanguard, acclaimed historian...
Author
Publisher
Mila Johansen
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"An eyewitness account of Jessie Haver Butler, a suffragist on the front lines of the women's movement in 1920-with Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt. During her long life devoted to women's rights, Jessie lectured alongside George Bernard Shaw, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas. Jessie escaped a childhood of unthinkable tragedies on a Colorado cattle ranch and went on to attend Smith College, which propelled her into the center...
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