100 YEARS OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE a reading list for teens THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
Vote!: Women’s Fight for Access to the Ballot Box by Coral Celeste Frazer, pub. 2019 Learn about the historical tactics of the women's suffrage movement, how the fight for voting rights continues today, and what we can learn from the past to protect our rights.
Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist by Angelica Shirley Carpenter, pub. 2018 Why is Matilda Joslyn Gage not as well-known as other suffragists like Susan B. Anthony? This biography explores her contributions to the movement and why she fell into obscurity.
Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling, pub. 2018 A detailed history of the women's suffrage movement, featuring many historical images and quotes from activists.
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment by Deborah Kops, pub. 2017 Alice Paul not only fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment - she also wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment that is still seeking formal ratification. Follow Alice Paul's life beyond her initial activism. March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March for Voting Rights by Zachary Michael Jack, pub. 2016 In 1912, Rosalie Gardiner Jones led a group of women from New York City to Albany (the state capitol of New York) to demand women's suffrage.
Women Claim the Vote: The Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1828-1860 by Cath Senker, pub. 2011 Women at War: The Progressive Era, World War I, and Women's Suffrage, 1900-1920 by Jane Bingham, pub. 2011 These two entries in the "Cultural History of Women in America" series explore the century of activism that led to a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World by Penny Colman, pub. 2011 The long battle for suffrage could never have been fought by one woman alone. This book depicts the friendship between two leaders of the movement and how they supported each other through good times and bad.
The Women's Rights Movement: Moving Toward Equality by Shane Mountjoy, pub. 2008 Explore the roots of the suffrage movement, as well as other historical movements led by women. With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by Ann Bausum, pub. 2004 A detailed timeline of the suffrage movement that includes examples of how women's suffrage has influenced politics in the years after 1920.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Right Is Ours by Harriet Sigerman, pub. 2001 Women's Rights and Nothing Less: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Lisa Frederiksen Bohannon, pub. 2001 Two additional biographies of suffragette leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who organized one of the first women's rights conventions in 1848 and led the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections by Jeff Fleischer, pub. 2020 (second edition)
One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally by Carol Anderson, pub. 2019
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson, pub. 2018
Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today by Cynthia Levinson, pub. 2017
Voting Rights (Opposing Viewpoints series), ed. Tom Lansford, pub. 2008
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