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A collective biography of important American women who fought for the female right to vote, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojourner Truth.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the leader who began working for women's rights and other social reforms as a young woman and continued for more than fifty years.

A brief biography examining the idea of fairness in the life of the woman known for her efforts to secure the right to vote for women.

Examines the complex relationship between suffragist leader Alice Paul and President Woodrow Wilson, revealing the life-risking measures that Paul and her supporters endured to gain voting rights for American women.

This inspiring story is about an extraordinary woman who changed America forever because she wouldn't take no for an answer.

Like other girls of her time Susan B. Anthony learned how to cook and sew. But unlike most girls she also received an education. She learned reading, writing, and arithmetic. She was also taught that girls and women could do anything boys and men could do-if only they were allowed. So Susan set out to change the laws. She fought for a woman's right to own property, hold down a job, and, most important, vote. The right to vote would become Susan's...