Let Us Vote!: Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment

by Jennifer Frost

Book Overview

The fascinating tale of how a bipartisan coalition worked successfully to lower the voting age "Let Us Vote!" tells the story of the multifaceted endeavor to achieve youth voting rights in the United States. Over a thirty-year period starting during World War II, Americans, old and young, Democrat and Republican, in politics and culture, built a movement for the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, which lowered the voting age from twenty-one to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479811327
• ISBN13: 9781479811328
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 9.1"