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Conkling, Winifred

Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot

310 pp. | Algonquin | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-61620-734-2 $18.95

(1) YA This fascinating chronological account of the bumpy road to women's suffrage in the U.S. begins with the 1848 Women's Rights Convention and culminates with ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Over half the book focuses on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; coverage of the movement's "second wave of suffragists" is more diffuse but no less compelling. Well-chosen archival reproductions and photographs ably support the text. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2018