Reviews

Finish the Fight!, by The Staff of The New York Times, Veronica Chambers

megansnextread's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

 Such a great historical resource for a young audience. This book details the lives of lesser known suffragettes who were often excluded from history because of their race or sexual identity. The illustrations through out were beautiful and definitely helped me stay engaged with the book. So many of these women I had no idea about their importance to the fight for the vote for all women! 

 

I highly recommend you pick this up with a youngster or just yourself. It’s easy to read while also being very informative. It’s even more special to pick it up during Women’s History Month! 

read_with_giselle's review

5.0

I feel so humbled by the stories of all these women who paved the way for my rights. I learned that while the Woman's Suffrage Movement was instrumental in equal rights for women, it took the work of so many from diverse backgrounds. White, Black, Asian, Latinx, and Native American women all over fought for our voice to be heard. Now not only are we able to vote, but we can run for positions of power.

My favorite part was when the authors did a comparison of women of 1920 vs. 2020:

Members of Congress
1920: 1
2020: 131

Supreme Court Justices
1920: 0
2020: 4 (R.I.P Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

U.S. Ambassadors
1920: 0
2020: more than 450

Bachelor's Degrees Earned
1920: 34%
2020: 57%

Doctors in the U.S.
1920: 5%
2020: 36%

Nobel Prize Winners
1920: 4
2020: 53

Olympic Athletes
1920: 176
2020: 49,812

U.S. Vice Presidents
1920: 0
2020: 1 (when this book was written the answer was still 0)

U.S. Presidents
1920: 0
2020: 0

Favorite Quote:
"The suffragists had found their voices and they weren't about to go back to being quiet and polite and letting men tell them what to do."