suffrage

In 1904, orphaned Samantha Parkington lives with her rich grandmother, who is trying to make her a proper young lady, but when Samantha becomes friends with Nellie, a servant girl, she learns that life is not easy for everyone and finds a way to help her new friend. Plus, Uncle Gard's new lady friend, Cornelia, shows Samantha there is more than one way to be a lady.

In 1918 sheltered upper-class college graduate Kate Brennan is mistakenly arrested when she goes to the aid of suffragists being attacked at a rally. She becomes a passionate supporter of the National Woman's Party and works with leaders of the party, and puts her life on the line for the right to vote.

A resource of student activities and background information that brings history to life through "eyewitness" accounts.

Eleanor Roosevelt lived from 1884 to 1962. Her life encompassed the Great Depression, two world wars, the rise of Communism, and the fight for equality and justice by women, workers, and African Americans.

A lively account of the amazing females who held to their goal of changing the status of women against the fiercest kind of opposition.

Explores why America's younger generation does not vote in many major elections and examines the influence they can have over the American government if they would vote.

A novel about the Canadian feminist Nellie McClung, who campaigned for equality for women.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons follow the struggle for suffrage for women in the United States.

Graphic novel representation of the women's suffrage movement and the fight for women to have the right to vote.