suffrage

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Feminism

opposing viewpoints
1986
An anthology tracing the development of feminist issues from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and including debates on such topics as women and the vote, the differences between men and women, and the future of feminism.

Black ballots

voting rights in the South, 1944-1969
1976

Iron jawed angels

2004
Dramatizes the story of activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns who played pivotal roles in the fight to win voting rights for women.

The Hope Chest

2010
When eleven-year-old Violet runs away from home in 1918 and takes the train to New York City to find her older sister who is a suffragist, she falls in with people her parents would call "the wrong sort," and ends up in Nashville, Tennessee, where "Suffs" and "Antis" are gathered, awaiting the crucial vote on the nineteenth amendment.

Marching with Aunt Susan

Susan B. Anthony and the fight for women's suffrage
2011
Not allowed to go hiking with her father and brothers because she is a girl, Bessie learns about women's rights when she attends a suffrage rally led by Susan B. Anthony.

The story of the Nineteenth Amendment

1982
A history of the movement to grant women the right to vote in the United States, which culminated in the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution in 1920 that permitted them to do so.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

2009
Provides a detailed account of events that led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, including descriptions of significant milestones in the civil rights movement; contains profiles of leading individuals in the campaign; and features a selection of primary source documents.

A time for courage

the suffragette diary of Kathleen Bowen
2002
A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.

Happy birthday, Samantha!

a springtime story
1998
When Samantha's tenth birthday party is spoiled by the boy next door, Aunt Cornelia and her young twin sisters try to ease Samantha's disappointment by inviting her and Grandmary to visit them in New York City.

The firefly letters

a suffragette's journey to Cuba
2010
Collects poems from Cuban-American poet Margarita Engle in which she explores women rights with various historical viewpoints.

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