Finish the fight! : the brave and revolutionary women who fought for the right to vote / written by the Staff of The New York Times, including Veronica Chambers, Jennifer Schuessler, Amisha Padnani, Jennifer Harlan, Sandra E. Garcia, and Vivian Wang ; portrait illustrations by Monica Ahanonu, Rachelle Baker, Kristen Buchholz, Alex Cabal, Noa Denmon, Ellen Duda, Shyama Golden, Johnalynn Holland, Hillary Kempenich, Nhung Lê, Ella Trujillo, and Steffi Walthall.

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"Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth annivers...

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Main Authors: Chambers, Veronica (Author)
Schuessler, Jennifer (Author)
Padnani, Amisha (Author)
Harlan, Jennifer (Author)
Garcia, Sandra E. (Author)
Wang, Vivian (Author)
Corporate Author: New York Times Company (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Ahanonu, Monica (Illustrator)
Baker, Rachelle (Illustrator)
Buchholz, Kristen (Illustrator)
Cabal, Alex (Illustrator)
Denmon, Noa (Illustrator)
Duda, Ellen (Illustrator)
Golden, Shyama (Illustrator)
Holland, Johnalynn (Illustrator)
Kempenich, Hillary (Illustrator)
Lê, Nhung (Illustrator)
Trujillo, Ella (Illustrator)
Walthall, Steffi (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Women > Suffrage > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Women > Suffrage > United States > Juvenile literature.
Women's rights > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Women > United States > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
Women > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women political activists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Suffragists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > Suffrage.
Women's rights.
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Biography.
Suffragists > Biography.
Femmes > Suffrage > États-Unis > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Femmes > Suffrage > États-Unis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Femmes > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Femmes activistes > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > 20th century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Diversity & Multicultural.
Women.
Women political activists.
Suffragists.
Suffrage.
United States.
Gender identity.
Biography.
Illustrated books.
Juvenile works.
Informational works.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.
History.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Biography.
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Biographies
Illustrated books.
Juvenile works.
Informational works.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.
History.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Physical Description:132 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Also available in electronic format.
Variant Title:
Brave and revolutionary women who fought for the right to vote
Format: Book
Contents:
  • This is what suffrage looks like
  • The Haudenosaunee Model
  • How bias nearly ruined the suffrage movement
  • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: lifting up her voice
  • Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: spreading the word
  • Elizabeth Piper Ensley goes West
  • Mary Church Terrell and the power of language
  • Angelina Weld Grimké, Mary Burrill, and the queer leaders of the suffrage movement
  • Sidebar: suit yourself
  • Mabel Ping-Hua Lee's great parade
  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett: marching forward
  • Sidebar: from movement to revolution
  • Jovita Idár: el voto para las mujeres
  • Sidebar: The Votes for Women Game
  • Juno Frankie Pierce: a square deal or no deal
  • Susette La Flesche Tibbles: speaking up for her people
  • Zitkála-Šá opens the door
  • Finish the fight
  • Authors' note
  • Timeline
  • Brave and revolutionary women you should know
  • 1920 vs. 2020: women by the numbers
  • Suffrage forest.