Citizen She : The Global Campaign for Women's Voting Rights

An inspiring journey of womens struggles and victories around the globe as they fought for the right to vote.

Citizen She! tracks the global fight for womens suffrage from the first pioneers in the eighteenth century to the heroines of today, from American Lucretia Mott to Egypts Huda Shaarawi to Chinas Qui Jin. What does it mean to have a vote, and why did women have to fight so hard to get one? How did they fight for it? And why are they still fighting in many countries around the globe? In illuminating the global struggle for womens rights, the book shows us how far weve comeand that there is a lot left to fight for.

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection 2022

Silver Medal winner of the California Eureka! Nonfiction Childrens Book Award 2022

An accessible nonfiction read about equal voting rights for middle grade readers. School Library Journal