Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles

by Mara Rockliff

Book Overview

The author of Mesmerized delivers another fascinating glimpse into history, this time the story of two brave suffragists on a trek across America to spread the word: Votes for Women In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763678937
• ISBN13: 9780763678937
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.2" x 11.7"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3