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They were two days that changed the world. The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was the first of its kind to address the topic of women's rights. Featuring excerpts from primary sources, images, and sidebars, this informative volume describes the low status held by nineteenth-century women, and how a handful of key players sought to achieve equal rights during this convention that spawned a greater movement.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
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"From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem and Hillary Clinton, women throughout US history have fought for equality ... Hopkinson chronicles the beginning of the movement in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when women were demanding the right to vote. She explores the 1960s, which pushed equal rights and opportunities for women--both at home and in the workplace--even further, and then moves toward present-day...
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[1994]
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
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"Tuesday, November 2, 1920, was a day of triumph. For the first time in history, women across the United States were allowed to vote. Women had waged a long and often bitter struggle to win equal rights, and voting rights in particular. They marched and picketed and went on hunger strikes. They were arrested and jailed. In 1878 an amendment to the Constitution was submitted to Congress declaring that the right to vote could not be denied on account...
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