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Language
English
Description
Twenty-five-year-old Alice Paul returns to her native New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain. Weakened from imprisonment and hunger strikes, she is nevertheless determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states have already granted women voting rights, but only a constitutional amendment will secure the vote for all. To inspire support for the campaign, Alice organizes...
Author
Series
(Victoria E.).Counterfeit lady novel volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception...but it's their only hope, so the suffragists descend on Tennessee for the final battle. Elizabeth's...
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 252 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From a chorus of bestselling historical fiction writers, a breathtaking book inspired by the day tens of thousands of women marched for the right to vote on October, 23, 1915. Includes an introduction by Kristin Hannah and stories by Lisa Wingate, M. J. Rose, Steve Berry, Paula McLain, Katherine J. Chen, Christina Baker Kline, Jamie Ford, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Megan Chance, Alyson Richman, Chris Bohjalian, and Fiona Davis."--
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Description
1876. In the glittering world of Manhattan's upper crust, wives turn a blind eye to husbands' infidelities, and women have few rights and even less independence. The more celebrated the hostess, the more powerful the woman. And none is more powerful than Caroline Astor-- The Mrs. Astor. Alva Vanderbilt has recently married into one of America's richest families, but what good is money when society refuses to acknowledge you? Alva will do whatever...
Author
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages : genealogical tables ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
1876. In the glittering world of Manhattan's upper crust, wives turn a blind eye to husbands' infidelities, and women have few rights and even less independence. The more celebrated the hostess, the more powerful the woman. And none is more powerful than Caroline Astor-- The Mrs. Astor. Alva Vanderbilt has recently married into one of America's richest families, but what good is money when society refuses to acknowledge you? Alva will do whatever...
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Series
Publisher
Grolier Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
55 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a successful dressmaker in the Victorian era, Barbie has everything she could ever want, except the right to vote! When the local paper refuses to print a story on women's rights, Barbie's and Skipper's beliefs are put to the test. They have to act, even if it means losing everything.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Press, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
1210L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This volume examines the Right to Vote through examples and with historical context.
America is known as the land of the free. Americans have the freedom to worship as they please, speak their minds, gather to protest, and own guns. When they are displeased, they make their voices heard at the ballot box. And each of the government balances and checks the others. But these freedoms have limits. Where are the lines drawn, and who draws them? Since...
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Dora tells her grandson of how, in 1887 Argonia, Kansas, a group of men who thought women should not vote or hold office put a woman on the ballot as a joke. Includes a note about Susanna and a cake recipe.