ela_lee_'s review against another edition
4.0
Super fun little book! I got really into it throughout the second half. It sucks that we weren't taught these cool stories about how women went about fighting for our right to vote. All I remember from school is being told some dates and moving on. This book actually takes you back in time to Paul & Burns' planned parade event and how they went about collecting activists, making banners, fundraising, being arrested, incorporating social justice, and calling out their President (Woodrow Wilson) to support change.
elsiereadseverything's review against another edition
Honestly I dnf'd this book. While it doesn't shy away from the way white women refused to march for the rights of women of color, their depiction of Ida B. Wells is not great, and the storytelling is difficult to follow at times. I'd rather history be told correctly, without half the story being left out.
abigailbat's review against another edition
This book is cram packed with archival photos, facts, timelines, and much more that shows the incredible struggle women faced to pass an amendment to guarantee women the vote. It was sometimes violent and this book doesn't shy away from that (not does it glorify it). This is a wonderful nonfiction book to have for older elementary or middle school students learning about Suffrage.
agf523's review against another edition
4.0
I wanted this book to get 5 stars. It was so good, and I am writing an analysis of it for class. Unfortunately, there was a bit too much whitewashing at the end of the story for this book to receive 5 stars. The ending of the book leads readers to believe that all women in America won the vote in 1920 when that is simply not the case. Asian immigrants, Native Americans, and black women would all receive the right to vote at later dates. Black women would not receive the right to vote until 1965 when The Voting Rights Act was passed--both of my parents were alive during this time, and I bet if I ask him, my dad probably remembers. This book was very interactive, had lots of cool facts, pictures from the past, summaries of letters that were written, and even interactive maps. Even tho there were lots of cool things about this book, it, unfortunately, is getting 4 stars from me because I know we CAN and SHOULD be doing better.
clarabelle's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.5
I am aware that this a very short snapshot of what happened - it is a childrens book after all. I think it's well written from the point of view of giving younger readers some insight and hopefully peaking their interest and encouraging them to find out the full story.
elsiereadseverything's review against another edition
Honestly I dnf'd this book. While it doesn't shy away from the way white women refused to march for the rights of women of color, their depiction of Ida B. Wells is not great, and the storytelling is difficult to follow at times. I'd rather history be told correctly, without half the story being left out.
katewrites's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
A good reminder of the struggles and pain women went through in order to change the law and achieve their right to vote.
maidmarianlib's review against another edition
3.0
A great historical overview, wish it had more biographical information, interesting combination of drawings and photographs
jsenisse's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent, thorough overview of the women's suffrage movement in the United States