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1. Suffragette
Pub. Date:
[2016]
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English
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2 stars
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Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all...
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Explores the full scope of the movement to win the vote for women through portraits of its leaders and activists, including Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Sojourner Truth, Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
3. Suffrage
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Honoring the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, this exciting history explores the full scope of the movement to win the vote for women through portraits of its bold leaders and devoted activists. Distinguished historian Ellen Carol DuBois begins in the pre-Civil War years with foremothers Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojourner Truth as she explores the links of the woman suffrage movement...
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English
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Suffrage Songs and Verses (1911) is a collection of political poems by American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Inspired by her work as a social reformer and advocate for women's suffrage, Gilman turned to poetry as a means of supporting the cause of suffragists everywhere. Although she is widely recognized for her novels, short stories, and nonfiction, Gilman's poetry showcases her command of language and fiery passion for the political...
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Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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"Comprised of historical texts spanning two centuries with commentary on each period by the editor, this book covers the major issues and figures involved in the women's suffrage movement with a special focus on diversity, incorporating race, class, and gender. The writings of such figures as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are featured alongside accounts of Native American women and African American suffragists such as Sarah Mapps Douglas...
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Cornell University Press
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as "male." In so doing, it added gender-specific language to the U.S. Constitution for the first time. Suffrage Reconstructed is the first book to consider how and why the amendment's authors made this decision. Vividly detailing congressional floor bickering and activist campaigning, Laura E. Free takes readers into the pre- and postwar fights over precisely who...
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Red Chair Press
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Lerner Publishing Group
Language:
English
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke before an eager crowd in Seneca Falls, New York, on a hot July morning in 1948. She began her speech with words that were familiar to American ears: But the ideas that followed were radical. "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal" Stanton went on to boldly demand equal rights for women--including suffrage, the right to vote. It took more than 70 years from that moment before all...
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State University of New York Press
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Reflects on the legacy and limits of suffrage in New York State as a way to understand present-day issues with women's social and political rights, as well proposes ideas for future progress. Suffrage and Its Limits offers a unique interdisciplinary overview of the legacy and limits of suffrage for the women of New York State. It commemorates the state suffrage centennial of 2017, yet arrives in time to contribute to celebrations around the national...
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Walker Books
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Traces the history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States and United Kingdom, describing important milestones and the contributions of such key figures as Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojourner Truth.
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Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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"She put in her work, but there's so much left to do." Begun in the Antebellum era, the song of suffrage was a rallying cry across the nation that would persist over a century. Capturing the spirit of this refrain, New Yorker contributing cartoonist Caitlin Cass pens a sweeping history of women's suffrage in the U.S. - a kaleidoscopic story akin to a triumphant and mournful protest song that spans decades and echoes into the present. In Suffrage Song,...
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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date:
[2020]
Language:
English
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"Although Thomas Jefferson wrote 'all men are created equal' in the Declaration of Independence in 1776, women wouldn't be allowed to vote in the United States until many years later. Suffragists--the women who fought for the vote--faced great opposition from several forces, even other groups of women. In 1848, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and numerous other pioneering suffragists met in Seneca Falls, New York, for the first women's rights...
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Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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A thought-provoking insight into the stories of hope, determination, courage and sacrifice of those involved in the women's suffrage movement in Kent. Discover an untold story of a young working-class Kent maid involved in the suffrage movement. See photographs of Ethel and learn of her arrest and imprisonment in March 1912 for participating in the window-smashing militant action. The 1908 Women's Freedom League and the 1913 Women's Social and Political...
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First Lady Press
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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SUFFRAGETTE to DEATH is a completed cozy mystery. My character, Liv Reynolds, owns the White House Dollhouse store in Minneapolis, and has a doctorate in American history, specializing in the First Ladies. A Wilson biographer has written a play about his administration. Liv's employee is the leading lady actress portraying, First Lady Edith Wilson. When the actress is murdered, Liv is asked to step in as the substitute. When certain objects needed...
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ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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"This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the women's suffrage movement and the nineteenth amendment, coming just as the country celebrates the centenary of the constitutional amendment that finally brought the vote to all American women"--
18. Women's Suffrage
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English
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Act out the story of two women, Alice and Lucy, from the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA). The group is trying to get women the right to vote, but they are moving too slowly! Alice and Lucy resort to their own methods including instigating radical demonstrations. While their efforts cause them trouble, children will learn how women did eventually obtain the right to vote. This script includes roles written at various reading...
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ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LCC
Pub. Date:
[2020]
Language:
English
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"This book serves as a contextual narrative of the 70-year-long history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States, demonstrating how an important mass political and social movement coalesced into a political force despite class, racial, ethnic, religious, and regional barriers"--
20. Women's Suffrage
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Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
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Women in many parts of the United States were not allowed to vote until 1920. Women's Suffrage discusses the history of women's voting rights, how women campaigned for full voting rights across the country, and how their efforts led to gains in equality for women in other areas as well. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary,...