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1) The voice that won the vote: how one woman's words made history

Author

Boxer, Elisa

Language

English

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Democracy, Civics, and Voting for Children

Formats

Book, Book - Special Collections, eBook, eComic

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"Women's suffrage in America came down to a single voter in Tennessee who voted yes because of a letter his mother had written, urging "Vote for suffrage and don't forget to be a good boy." This is the story of the letter than gave all American women a voice"-- Provided by publisher.

2) The woman's hour: our fight for the right to vote

Author

Weiss, Elaine F

Language

English

3) You wouldn't want to be a suffragist!: a protest movement that's rougher than you expected

Author

Macdonald, Fiona

Language

English

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Get ready...it's the 1920s, and more and more women around the world are being given the right to vote. But women have not always had it so good. Let your great aunt Edith and her cousin Mabel tell you what it was like to be a suffragist.

4) Larger than life: Lyndon B. Johnson and the right to vote

Author

Quirk, Anne

Language

English

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"An accessible, informed, and timely biography of Lyndon Johnson that centers his life and presidency around the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Keenly known for both his triumphs and his failures, Lyndon B. Johnson was one of the most complex and compelling presidents in US history. Anne Quirk's biography alternates between chapters that follow LBJ's childhood in rural Texas learning politics from his parents, his time teaching Mexican American...