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a reading list for teens
THEWOMEN'SSUFFRAGEMOVEMENT
Vote!:Women’sFightforAccesstotheBallotBoxbyCoral CelesteFrazer,pub.2019
Learnaboutthehistoricaltacticsofthewomen'ssuffrage movement,howthefightforvotingrightscontinuestoday, andwhatwecanlearnfromthepasttoprotectourrights.
BornCriminal:MatildaJoslynGage,RadicalSuffragistby AngelicaShirleyCarpenter,pub.2018
WhyisMatildaJoslynGagenotaswell-knownasother suffragistslikeSusanB.Anthony?Thisbiographyexplores hercontributionstothemovementandwhyshefellinto obscurity.
VotesforWomen!:AmericanSuffragistsandtheBattle fortheBallotbyWinifredConkling,pub.2018
Adetailedhistoryofthewomen'ssuffragemovement, featuringmanyhistoricalimagesandquotesfromactivists.
AlicePaulandtheFightforWomen'sRights:From theVotetotheEqualRightsAmendmentbyDeborah Kops,pub.2017
AlicePaulnotonlyfoughtforthepassageofthe19th Amendment-shealsowrotethefirstversionoftheEqual RightsAmendmentthatisstillseekingformalratification. FollowAlicePaul'slifebeyondherinitialactivism.
MarchoftheSuffragettes:RosalieGardinerJonesand theMarchforVotingRightsbyZacharyMichaelJack,pub.
2016
In1912,RosalieGardinerJonesledagroupofwomenfrom NewYorkCitytoAlbany(thestatecapitolofNewYork)to demandwomen'ssuffrage.
Women Claim the Vote: The Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1828-1860 by Cath Senker, pub. 2011
WomenatWar:TheProgressiveEra,WorldWarI, andWomen'sSuffrage,1900-1920byJaneBingham,pub.
2011
Thesetwoentriesinthe"CulturalHistoryofWomenin America"seriesexplorethecenturyofactivismthatledtoa constitutionalamendmentgrantingwomentherightto vote.
ElizabethCadyStantonandSusanB.Anthony:A FriendshipThatChangedtheWorldbyPennyColman,pub.
2011
Thelongbattleforsuffragecouldneverhavebeenfought byonewomanalone.Thisbookdepictsthefriendship betweentwoleadersofthemovementandhowthey supportedeachotherthroughgoodtimesandbad.
TheWomen'sRightsMovement:MovingTowardEquality byShaneMountjoy,pub.2008
Exploretherootsofthesuffragemovement,aswellas otherhistoricalmovementsledbywomen.
WithCourageandCloth:WinningtheFightforaWoman's RighttoVotebyAnnBausum,pub.2004
Adetailedtimelineofthesuffragemovementthatincludes examplesofhowwomen'ssuffragehasinfluencedpolitics intheyearsafter1920.
ElizabethCadyStanton:TheRightIsOursbyHarriet Sigerman,pub.2001
Women'sRightsandNothingLess:TheStoryofElizabeth CadyStantonbyLisaFrederiksenBohannon,pub.2001
TwoadditionalbiographiesofsuffragetteleaderElizabeth CadyStanton,whoorganizedoneofthefirstwomen's rightsconventionsin1848andledtheNationalAmerican WomanSuffrageAssociation.
How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty?
Votes For Women
VOTINGRIGHTSTODAY
VotesofConfidence:AYoungPerson'sGuidetoAmerican ElectionsbyJeffFleischer,pub.2020(secondedition)
OnePerson,NoVote:HowNotAllVotersAreTreated EquallybyCarolAnderson,pub.2019
WeAreNotYetEqual:UnderstandingOurRacialDivideby CarolAnderson,pub.2018
FaultLinesintheConstitution:TheFramers,TheirFights, andtheFlawsThatAffectUsTodaybyCynthiaLevinson, pub.2017
VotingRights(OpposingViewpointsseries),ed.Tom Lansford,pub.2008
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