With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote

by Ann Bausum

Hardcover, 2004

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Power-Authority-Governance, NCSS Standards Theme--Civic Ideals and Practices, NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, History, Life, History-Life-and Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)Reading Level-High (9-12), History Life, & Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

National Geographic Kids (2004), Edition: Illustrated, 112 pages

Description

Chronicles the long history of the fight for women's voting rights, beginning in 1848, with a focus on the years between 1913 and 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, and includes profiles of notable women in the struggle.

Subjects

Women Suffrage United States History

Awards

Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 2005)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Winner — 2005)

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

112

Physical description

112 p.; 10.25 inches

ISBN

9780792276470

DDC/MDS

324.6

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