In Votes for Women: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot (Algonquin, 12 years and up), Winifred Conkling explores the history of the U.S. suffrage movement, beginning with the Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 and culminating with ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment over seventy years later. She focuses on major figures in the movement […]
Review of Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
March 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling Middle School, High School Algonquin 310 pp. g 2/18 978-1-61620-734-2 $18.95 This is a fascinating account of the bumpy road to women’s suffrage in the U.S., beginning in earnest with the Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 and culminating with the ratifying […]
