Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot

by Winifred Conkling

Book Overview

The story of the tenacious American women who demanded, fought for--and finally won--their right to vote; paving the way for generations of civil rights activists.

For nearly 150 years, American women did not have the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, they won that right, when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified at last. To achieve that victory, some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616207345
• ISBN13: 9781616207342
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary