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Reviewed on September 1, 2012 | Nonfiction
Gr 5 Up–A fact-filled account of the struggle for women’s suffrage. The first three chapters focus on notable activists Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. Hollihan recounts how this battle was inexorably tied to the antislavery movement and the role played by women of color in both movements, including Harriett Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Ida Wells-Barnett. Women’s organizations divided over the 15th amendment that gave African American men the right to vote. The years of the Gild...Log In or Sign Up to Read More