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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Miss Arabella Beckett is returning from her travels in support of women's suffrage when she offers assistance to a young woman in need. But things go sadly awry, and soon both ladies are in dire need of rescue. Still, Arabella certainly doesn't need help from an arrogant, narrow-minded knight in shining armor. But PI extraordinaire Theodore Wilder is on a mission which began as a favor to his good friend Hamilton Beckett . . .
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Men are optional. That was the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts taught her and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive the women out, Emma is forced to admit they might need a man after all. One who can fight. And there is only one she trusts enough to ask. Malachi Shaw has finally earned the respect he's always craved by becoming an explosives expert for...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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For too long the history of how American women won the right to vote has been told as the visionary adventures of a few iconic leaders, all white and native-born, who spearheaded a national movement. In this essential reconsideration, Susan Ware uncoversa much broader and more diverse history waiting to be told. Why They Marched is the inspiring story of the dedicated women--and occasionally men--who carried the banner in communities across the nation,...
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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"Emmeline Pankhurst was the most prominent campaigner for women's right to vote and was transformed into a popular heroine of the early twentieth century. Early in life she was attracted to socialism, then she grew into an entrenched and militant suffragette and ended up as a Conservative Party candidate. This new biography examines the guiding principles that underpinned all of Emmeline Pankhurst's actions, and places her achievements within a wider...
7) Suffragette
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all...
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Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Women's Suffrage examines the evidence of the fight for women's equality, from the mid-1800s in North America to the global struggles that continue today. Past struggles of the equal rights movement are uncovered with primary source documents and photos that bring key figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Margaret Gordon, and Nellie McClung to life. Different perspectives are featured including Anti-Suffrage forces...
13) Saving Savannah
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Savannah Riddle feels suffocated by her life as the daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington, D.C., until she meets a working-class girl named Nella who introduces her to the suffragette and socialist movements and to her politically active cousin Lloyd.
15) Women's suffrage
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Publisher
Omnigraphics, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Examines the history of the women's suffrage movement and its impact on American life and society. Features include narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, detailed chronology, and annotated sources for further study"--Provided by publisher.
20) Susan B. Anthony
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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In the fourth installment in the Making of America series, Susan B. Anthony, Teri Kanefield examines the life of America’s famous suffragette. Anthony was born into a world in which men ruled women: A man could beat his wife, take her earnings, have her committed into an asylum based on his word, and take her children away from her. While the young nation was ablaze with the radical notion that people could govern themselves, “people” were understood...