Roses and radicals : the epic story of how American women won the right to vote / by Susan Zimet & Todd Hasak-Lowy.

Author/creator Zimet, Susan author.
Other author Hasak-Lowy, Todd, 1969-
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Viking, [2018]
Copyright Date©2018
Description160 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Foreword [by Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD.] -- Introduction -- 1. Enough of the everlasting no -- 2. A leader emerges and a resolution is made -- 3. The great partnership -- 4. Postwar turbulence -- 5. A vote, a trial, and the long, long road to suffrage -- 6. British tactics and new leadership on parade -- 7. The long showdown and a night of terror -- 8. War of the roses: the final battle for the right to vote -- Epilogue.
Abstract "The United States of America is almost 250 years old, but American women won the right to vote less than a hundred years ago. And when the controversial nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution-the one granting suffrage to women-was finally ratified in 1920, it passed by a mere one-vote margin. The amendment only succeeded because a courageous group of women had been relentlessly demanding the right to vote for more than seventy years. The leaders of the suffrage movement are heroes who were fearless in the face of ridicule, arrest, imprisonment, and even torture. Many of them devoted themselves to the cause knowing they wouldn't live to cast a ballot. The story of women's suffrage is epic, frustrating, and as complex as the women who fought for it. Illustrated with portraits, period cartoons, and other images, Roses and Radicals celebrates this captivating yet overlooked piece of American history and the women who made it happen"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Interest age level Age 10+
Interest grade level Grade 4 to 6.
Audience 1090 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reader
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2017013719
ISBN9780451477545 (hardback)
ISBN0451477545
ISBN9780425291467 (trade paperback)
ISBN0425291464
Standard identifier# 40028719984

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