13, 2018 Spanning multiple centuries, this work may be the most comprehensive account for young readers about the founders, leaders, organizers, and opponents of the American suffragist movement. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost eighty-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in order to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights.

Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost eighty-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights. Agent: Sarah Davies, Greenhouse Literary. VOTES FOR WOMEN AMERICAN SUFFRAGISTS AND THE BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT by Winifred Conkling RELEASE DATE: Feb. by Winifred Conkling On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Throughout, Conkling skillfully presents the women in their own words, such as Sojourner Truth’s famous speech advocating for women’s rights regardless of race, and Anthony’s rallying cry to the next generation, shortly before her death in 1906: “With such women consecrating their lives, failure is impossible!” From the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848 to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, this is a commanding and relevant account of sweeping, hard-won social reform and action. Sidebar biographies and historical photographs help bring figures in the movement to life. Throughout, the detailed narrative contextualizes the contributions of the many women (and men) involved, including how women’s rights intersected with the abolition movement and the impacts of the Civil War and WWI. Anthony and including subsequent leaders Carrie Chapman Catt and the more radical Alice Paul. Conkling ( Radioactive!) effectively sketches the complex personalities of the women who fought for women’s right to vote, beginning with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.

This comprehensive history chronicles the almost-80-year battle for women’s suffrage.

Votes for Women! by Winifred Conkling