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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Women's History Month
Women's Suffrage
The Library Director’s 2020 Book List Continued
Women's History Month
Women's Suffrage
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Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing forces include politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and a lot of racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the "Antis"--women...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Imprisonment, hunger strikes, suffrajitsu - the decades-long fight for women's right to vote was at times a ferocious one. Acclaimed artist David Roberts gives these important, socially transformative times their due in a colorfully illustrated history that includes many of the important faces of the movement in portraiture and scenes that both dignify and enliven. He has created a timely and thoroughly engaging resource in his first turn as nonfiction...
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