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Suffragists Suffragists United States Biography Suffragists United States Biography Juvenile literature Suffragists United States History Juvenile literature United States Women Biography Women Suffrage Women Suffrage History Women Suffrage United States History Women Suffrage United States History Juvenile literatureConkling, 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 CONGillibrand, Kirsten
Summary: Profiles ten women who fought hard to gain the right to vote in the United States, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Inez Milholland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: With a record number of female candidates in the 2020 election and women's rights an increasingly urgent topic in the news, it's crucial that we understand the history that got us where we are now. For the first time, here is the full, definitive story of the movement for voting rights for American women, of every race, told through the voices of the women and men who lived it. Here are the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 AMEMessner, 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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.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 920 CHICobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth
Summary: "In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom CobbsJohnson, Dinah
Summary: "A picture book biography about Ida B. Wells and her life as a suffragist, with a focus on the Women's March of 1913"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WELRoberts, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Franzen, Trisha
Summary: "Acknowledged by her contemporaries as the most outstanding woman suffrage orator of her time, Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) has nonetheless received minimal attention from historians. Trisha Franzen rectifies that oversight with this first scholarly biography of Shaw, a study that illuminates Shaw's oft-ignored early years and challenges existing scholarship on her time in the suffrage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAW, HOWARD ANNA FRAHarris, Duchess
Summary: Women in many parts of the United States were not allowed to vote until 1920. Women's Suffrage discusses the history of women's voting rights, how women campaigned for full voting rights across the country, and how their efforts led to gains in equality for women in other areas as well. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library trademark of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J324.6230 HARRockliff, Mara
Summary: "In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and Nell and Alice would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J324.6 ROCKops, Deborah
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the women's rights activist, from her youth to the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 PAUChambers, Veronica
Summary: "Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 CHABjornlund, Lydia D.
Summary: "Examines leaders of the suffrage movement, the role of African American women in the movement, militant suffragists, and antisuffragists."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.623 BJOStirling, Jasmine
Summary: "Carrie Chapman Catt mobilized people across the nation to dare to question a woman's right to vote"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CATWeiss, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 WEIDaughters of the American Revolution
Summary: Highlights some of the members of the Daughters of the American Revolution who made an impact during the suffrage era. Book published to accompany an exhibit by the same name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 ORDMacdonald, Fiona
Summary: A look at the dark side of history offers up the surprising difficulties endured by women suffragists who stood up for women's rights, including the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 MACNeuman, Johanna
Summary: New York City's elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names--Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt, Whitney and the like--carried enormous public value. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Mews Books, and imprint of New York University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NEUWard, Geoffrey C.
Summary: Meet important historical personalities, scientists, aviators, and athletes in this series that illustrate the impact dynamic leaders have on society. These books are sure to inspire young readers as they learn about the lives of famous people. Each book includes a timeline of important dates, a glossary, and an index. Included in the back of each book are additional resources such as At the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 WARAdams, Colleen.
Summary: Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Women's Rights Movement in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central Primary Source 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.42 ADAWolbrecht, Christina
Summary: "How have American women voted in the first 100 years since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment? How have popular understandings of women as voters both persisted and changed over time? In A Century of Votes for Women, Christina Wolbrecht and J. Kevin Corder offer an unprecedented account of women voters in American politics over the last ten decades. Bringing together new and existing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 WOLSummary: "The National Park Service is excited to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished sex as a basis for voting and to tell the diverse history of women's suffrage-the right to vote-more broadly. The U.S. Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. The states ratified the amendment on August 18, 1920, officially...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 324.6 WOMRobb, 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