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Author Stevan, Caroline, author.

Title Citizen she! : the global campaign for women's voting rights / Caroline Stevan ; illustrations, Elīna Brasliņa ; translated by Michelle Bailat-Jones.

Publication Info. Lausanne, Switzerland : Helvetiq, 2022.
©2022

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Wickham Branch Library - Children's Department  J 324.6 STEVAN    In Processing
 Manchester, Main Library - New Children's Books  J 324.6 STEVAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 324.6 STEVAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 324.6 STEVAN    Check Shelf
Edition First English edition.
Description 143 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Note Originally published in French as "Citoyennes! Il était une fois le droit de vote des femmes."
Includes quizzes, curriculum guide, and activities to aid information retention.
Contents A letter to my daughters -- Why did women want to vote? -- How did they fight for it? -- Olympe de Gouges -- Emmeline Pankhurst -- Huda Sharawi -- Bertha Lutz -- Louise Weiss -- Protestors' tool kit -- Loujain al-Hathloul -- Antoinette Quinche -- Ida B. Wells -- Qiu Jin -- Lucretia Mott -- Kate Sheppard -- Posters for -- Posters against -- When did they succeed? -- Sweden -- Russia -- United States -- Turkey -- France -- Argentina -- Switzerland -- Nigeria -- Saudi Arabia -- A few holdouts -- Has there ever been a woman president? -- Women heads of state -- Women heads of government -- Ministers -- Women representatives -- Who will take care of the children? -- What's next? -- Salaries -- Household tasks -- Children -- Language -- Positions of power -- Menstruation -- The right to control one's own body -- Established roles -- Dear readers -- Extras -- Quiz -- Games -- Answers -- Vocabulary -- Learn more -- Educator's guide.
Summary By illuminating the struggles women have undergone -- and are still undergoing in some places -- in order to have a vote, readers will learn about the reasons women have demanded a voice in society, the ways they have been silenced, and the issues that make it crucial they have representation.
Subject Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
Women's rights -- Juvenile literature.
Suffrage -- Juvenile literature.
Representative government and representation -- Juvenile literature.
Feminism -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights.
Women's rights.
Suffrage.
Voting.
Representative government and representation.
Feminism.
Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
Representative government and representation. (OCoLC)fst01094941
Suffrage. (OCoLC)fst01137187
Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Illustrated works.
Added Author Brasliņa, Elīna, illustrator.
Bailat-Jones, Michelle, translator.
Added Title Citoyennes! Il était une fois le droit de vote des femmes. English
ISBN 9783907293720 (hardcover)
390729372X (hardcover)
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