First published 2018
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduces children to ten women who dedicated their lives to winning voting rights for American women. The book features familiar names like Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth alongside lesser known activists such as Alice Paul and Mary Church Terrell. Each woman's story carries a specific lesson, from daring to be different to fighting together. The seventy-year struggle for suffrage comes alive through these individual portraits of courage and determination. Gillibrand shows young readers how Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, Jovita Idár, Inez Milholland, Ida B. Wells, Lucy Burns, and other leaders refused to give up on their cause. Maira Kalman's illustrations bring these historical figures to life. The book encourages children to find their own voices and work toward justice, connecting the suffragists' legacy to today's young activists.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, american, feminism, biographical-fiction, 21st-century, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, inspirational
Period: 19th-Century, 20th-Century
40 pages · Library Binding · Knopf Books for Young Readers