Books to Read Right Now
Our librarians share some of the books available through the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library system that we hope will assist readers in exploring relevant and timely topics.
Books About Women’s Suffrage – Winning the Right to Vote
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which guarantees American women the right to vote.
FOR TEENS & ADULTS
A History of the American Suffragist Movement by Doris Weatherford; foreword by Geraldine Ferraro
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall; art by A. D’Amico; colors by Shari Chankhamma; letters by Erica Schultz
Fighting Chance: The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America by Faye E. Dudden
Harriet Taylor Upton’s Random Recollections / edited by Lana Dunn Eisenbraun
Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote by Doris Stevens; edited by Carol O’Hare; foreword by Edith Mayo
Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote by Tina Cassidy
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns, written by Geoffrey C. Ward; with a preface by Ken Burns; introduction by Paul Barnes; and contributions by Martha Saxton, Ann D. Gordon, Ellen Carol DuBois
One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement / edited by Marjorie Spruill Wheeler
Rise Up, Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes by Diane Atkinson
Sally Heathcote, Suffragette by Mary M. Talbot, Kate Charlesworth, Bryan Talbot
Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote by Ellen Carol Dubois
The Day the Women Got the Vote: A Photo History of the Women’s Rights Movement by George Sullivan
The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss
Women’s Suffrage / Brenda Stalcup, book editor
Women’s Suffrage in America: An Eyewitness History by Elizabeth Frost and Kathryn Cullen-DuPont
FOR TEENS
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship that Changed the World by Penny Colman
Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden
The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
FOR CHILDREN
A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women’s Rights by Kate Hannigan; illustrated by Alison Jay
Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles by Mara Rockliff; illustrated by Hadley Hooper
Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillibrand; art by Maira Kalman
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne; narrated by Karen Chilton
Rightfully Ours: How Women Won the Vote: 21 Activities by Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote by Susan Zimet & Todd Hasak-Lowy
Suffragette: The Battle for Equality by David Roberts; with a foreword by Crystal N. Feimster, PhD
Susan B. Anthony: Her Fight for Equal Rights by Monica Kulling; illustrated by Maike Plenzke
The 19th Amendment by Laura Loria
Women Win the Vote!: 19 for the 19th Amendment by Nancy B. Kennedy; illustrated by Katy Dockrill