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From: Ginger Cassidy <gcassidy>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:03:38 -0600
I just finished a women's history book written for young adults - With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by Ann Bausum (a Wisconsin author).
After giving an overview of the early woman's suffrage movement in America, the book focuses on the second decade of the twentieth century, and the events and protests that led to the passage of the 19th Amendment and an end to the 72-year struggle for a woman's right to vote. One of the things that I liked about this book is its balanced and unflinching look at the motives and political arguments used by suffragists to sway popular opinion. For example, despite the noble and just intentions of many female suffragists, there were some women activists, particularly in the south, who attempted to gain popular support for women's suffrage by stating that it would help maintain white supremacy. Ann Bausum's book is full of passion and provides a deep look at an often overlooked part of American history. She tells the story of women like Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, women whose lives were instrumental in the woman's rights movement, but who are often overshadowed by early leaders like Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Beautiful period photographs, illustrations, maps, and sidebars make the layout inviting as well. I hope to see more books like this; books that expand on a topic, too often condensed to a paragraph in a high school textbook, and manage to do so in an inviting, engaging, and honest way.
Ginger Cassidy
Young Adult Librarian
Hinsdale Public Library
20 East Maple Street
Hinsdale, IL 60521
Phone: (630) 98676
Fax: (630) 986?20
http://www.hinsdale.lib.il.us
Received on Tue 02 Nov 2004 02:03:38 PM CST
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:03:38 -0600
I just finished a women's history book written for young adults - With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by Ann Bausum (a Wisconsin author).
After giving an overview of the early woman's suffrage movement in America, the book focuses on the second decade of the twentieth century, and the events and protests that led to the passage of the 19th Amendment and an end to the 72-year struggle for a woman's right to vote. One of the things that I liked about this book is its balanced and unflinching look at the motives and political arguments used by suffragists to sway popular opinion. For example, despite the noble and just intentions of many female suffragists, there were some women activists, particularly in the south, who attempted to gain popular support for women's suffrage by stating that it would help maintain white supremacy. Ann Bausum's book is full of passion and provides a deep look at an often overlooked part of American history. She tells the story of women like Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, women whose lives were instrumental in the woman's rights movement, but who are often overshadowed by early leaders like Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Beautiful period photographs, illustrations, maps, and sidebars make the layout inviting as well. I hope to see more books like this; books that expand on a topic, too often condensed to a paragraph in a high school textbook, and manage to do so in an inviting, engaging, and honest way.
Ginger Cassidy
Young Adult Librarian
Hinsdale Public Library
20 East Maple Street
Hinsdale, IL 60521
Phone: (630) 98676
Fax: (630) 986?20
http://www.hinsdale.lib.il.us
Received on Tue 02 Nov 2004 02:03:38 PM CST
