suffragists

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suffragists

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

women's rights pioneer
2006
Presents a graphic novel that describes the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, focusing primarily on her work for women's rights, particularly the right to vote.

Mary Walker

Civil War surgeon and feminist
2009
Highlights the life of Dr. Mary Walker, who served as a surgeon with the Union Army during the Civil War, where she received the Medal of Honor for her duty.

Ida

a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching
2009
Chronicles the life of civil rights advocate and suffragist Ida B. Wells, examining her campaign against lynching, her work as a journalist, and her experiences in Chicago politics.

Women's suffrage in America

2005
Contains excerpts from memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, advertisements, and other primary sources that provide eyewitness reports on the history of women's suffrage in America, and features introductory essays, chronologies, period illustrations and photographs, and brief biographies of key individuals.

Women of the suffrage movement

2003
Examines leaders of the suffrage movement, the role of African American women in the movement, militant suffragists and antisuffragists.

Victoria Woodhull

fearless feminist
2007
Tells the life story of nineteenth and early-twentieth-century American feminist Victoria Woodhull,the first woman to run for U.S. president, describing her work for women's and workers' rights.

The quality

a novel
2011
In 1867 Jennifer Harris buries her husband, becomes the mistress of the president of a major New York City bank, and begins work as a reporter for Elizabeth Cady Stanton?s newspaper. In this capacity she gets involved with the major issues of the day for women the movement for equality and voting rights and with some major players Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull, Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, Frederick Douglass, P.T. Barnum and George Francis Train.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"woman knows the cost of life"
2010
Examines the life of women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton, including her childhood, her tireless battle for women's suffrage, and her legacy in American history.

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