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When Esther Morris Headed West
Women, Wyoming, and the Right to Vote
By Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm & Rogers, Jacqueline
- ISBN
- 978-0-82341-597-7
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2001
Gr 2-5 This is an inspiring, if incomplete, story of the stalwart Mrs. Morris who brought gender equality to Wyoming long before the rest of the world was ready for it. Morris, an ardent suffragist, arrived in South Pass City with her husband John (who is not mentioned in the text) in 1869, the year Wyoming legislation gave women the right to vote. Before the end of 1870, she became an experienced voter and South Pass City's Justice of the Peace. Wooldridge tells Morris's story with wit and dignity. Her prose is smooth and succinct, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
