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Elizabeth Leads the Way
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
By Stone, Tanya Lee
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80507-903-6
- Publisher
- Holt
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Gr 1-4 Stone looks at the life of Stanton from childhood to her emergence as a pioneering leader of women's rights. The "strong-spirited, rule-breaking" girl asserted her independence by embracing physical and academic challenges and by questioning traditional viewpoints. This comes through in energetic, lucid prose that focuses on Elizabeth's ideas and feelings rather than on specific events. By consistently sticking to the subject's own experiences, without detours into historical details or even any dates, t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
From the opening sentences, Stone engages modern readers and sets the nineteenth-century stage for them: "What would you do if someone told you you can't be what you want to be because you are a girl? What would you do if someone told you your vote doesn't count, your voice doesn't matter because you are a girl? Would you ask why? Would you talk back? Would you fight...for your rights? Elizabeth did....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Stone's easy-to-read text sets the nineteenth-century stage for modern readers: "What would you do if someone told you you can't be w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
