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    Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
    Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
    Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
    Audiobook7 hours

    Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot

    Written by Winifred Conkling

    Narrated by Christina Moore

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    About this audiobook

    On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost eighty-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights. In this expansive yet personal volume, author Winifred Conkling covers not only the suffragists' achievements and politics but also the private journeys that fueled their passion and led them to become women's champions. From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who founded the suffrage movement at the 1848 Seneca Falls convention; to Victoria Woodhull, the first female candidate for president; to Sojourner Truth and her famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman?"; to Alice Paul, who was arrested and force-fed in prison, Conkling combines thorough research with page-turning storytelling to bring the battle for the right to vote to vivid life. Votes for Women! also explores the movement's often powerful, sometimes difficult relationship with the temperance and abolition movements, and takes unflinching look at some of the uglier moments in the fight for the women's vote. Votes for Women! is a mesmerizing read perfect for fans of propulsive narrative nonfiction stories like Most Dangerous and The Family Romanov. Author bio: Winifred Conkling is the award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for young readers, including Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World?, Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery and the middle-grade novel Sylvia and Aki, winner of the Jane Addams Children's Literature Award and the Tomas Rivera Award. She studied journalism at Northwestern University and received an MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 13, 2018
    ISBN9781501982194
    Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
    Author

    Winifred Conkling

    Winifred Conkling has written many nonfiction books for adults and children. She earned an MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Winifred lives in Northern Virginia with her family. Visit her online at www.winifredconkling.com.

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    • 5/5
      Fantastic book that told the entire events through the lens of storytelling and dialogue. Was wonderful to hear the amazing and challenging feats women had to go through to gain their right to vote.
    • 5/5
      I am trying to learn more about women’s battles for equal rights. It’s a good and useful book
    • 4/5
      I “met” so many brilliant women who wouldn’t be silenced or bullied by the government nor retreat from the ignorance of those who opposed them. This is a wonderful book for young budding feminists or the more mature gals and guys too ?We can all benefit from a dose of #GirlPower ???
    • 5/5
      VOTES FOR WOMEN by Winifred Conkling tells the true story of the suffrage movement in America.This well-researched, fast-paced nonfiction narrative explores the women that fought for their right to vote. This engaging story explores the successes and failures along with well-known and lesser-known events. The Preface begins with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, but the rest of the book transports readers back in time exploring the key people and events that lead to that final vote. The book concludes with key primary source documents, a timeline, bibliography, notes, and an index.Librarians will find this comprehensive account to be a welcome addition to the nonfiction collection for middle and high school students. The author’s use of primary sources throughout the book make it an excellent choice for evidence-based inquiries. The author’s engaging, conversational style will draw readers who enjoy narrative nonfiction for leisure reading.Published by Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Workman on January 17, 2018. ARC courtesy of the publisher.
    • 5/5
      A detailed review of the history and personalities of the women involved in the long struggle to get United States women the right to vote.