Heroes of the women's suffrage movement

This inspiring biography of, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, proves that with enough passion and commitment, change can occur.

Chronicles the life of the feminist and suffragist, covering her early life, work towards the abolition of slavery, and death before the Nineteenth Amendment.

"The women's suffrage movement received support from several key abolitionists. One example was the freed slave and antislavery advocate who called herself Sojourner Truth. Through primary sources, images, and ... narrative, students will learn that in addition to Truth's impassioned battle to end slavery, she also fought for women's rights, speaking to the crowds at suffrage gatherings during the 1850s and until her death"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, a doctor and advocate for women in medicine, that uses primary sources to describe her life and work.

Uses excerpts from primary sources to describe the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first of its kind to address the topic of women's rights, and to describe the low status held by nineteenth-century women, and how a handful of key players sought to achieve equal rights during this convention that spawned a greater movement.

Uses primary sources to describe the work of Matilda Joslyn Gage, Julia Ward Howe, Lucretia Mott, and Lucy Stone in the women's suffrage movement in the United States.