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Book

Finish the fight! : the brave and revolutionary women who fought for the right to vote

Call Number

  • J 324.623 FINI (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW)

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Publication Information

Boston : Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]

Physical Description

132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Added Uniform Title

New York times.

Summary

"Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose stories have yet to be told."--

Contents

  • This is what suffrage looks like
  • The Haudenosaunee Model
  • How bias nearly ruined the suffrage movement
  • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: lifting up her voice
  • Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: spreading the word
  • Elizabeth Piper Ensley goes West
  • Mary Church Terrell and the power of language
  • Angelina Weld Grimké, Mary Burrill, and the queer leaders of the suffrage movement
  • Sidebar: suit yourself
  • Mabel Ping-Hua Lee's great parade
  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett: marching forward
  • Sidebar: from movement to revolution
  • Jovita Idár: el voto para las mujeres
  • Sidebar: The Votes for Women Game
  • Juno Frankie Pierce: a square deal or no deal
  • Susette La Flesche Tibbles: speaking up for her people
  • Zitkála-Šá opens the door
  • Finish the fight
  • Authors' note
  • Timeline
  • Brave and revolutionary women you should know
  • 1920 vs. 2020: women by the numbers
  • Suffrage forest.

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