suffragists

A biography of Mary Edwards Walker, who shocked people in the last half of the 1800s by wearing men's pants and becoming one of the first women physicians in the United States. During the Civil War, she tended to the wounded on both sides, was given an officer's post, was arrested as a spy, and spent several months in a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. After the war, Mary Walker became the first female recipient of the Medal of Honor.

Describes the life of the nineteenth-century crusader who spent much of her life involved in the temperance, abolitionist, and women's rights movements.

Chronicles the life of Susan B. Anthony, providing information on her childhood in a rural Quaker community, her involvement with the temperance movement, and her crusade to improve women's rights.

Presents an overview of the women's suffrage movement, and explains the development of how women gained the right to vote, including biographies of key figures such Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Catt.

Presents a children's book about a little girl named Susan Elizabeth whose mother is a suffragist fighting for women's right to vote and who gets arrested for picketing and staging a protest in front of the White House.

Presents a biography of Carrie Chapman Catt, leader of the woman's movement to obtain the right to vote, and provides information on her childhood, her fight against the male establishment, and her achievement in helping pass the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Susan B. Anthony envisioned a time when women would be treated fairly and became a voice for change.

A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to women's right to vote.

Profiles the lives and work of important American women who fought for the female right to vote, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Anna Howard Shaw, Alice Paul, and Carrie Chapman Catt.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and times of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, focusing on her outspoken views in favor of women's right to vote and to divorce.