Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote

• By Kirsten Gillibrand
• Illustrated by Maira Kalman
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Ages: 6-9
• Grades: 1-4

• Product Description

• An uplifting and inspiring book for all ages, this brightly colored picture book honors some of the suffragists who won women the right to vote. Written by United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, it tells the stories of the passion and commitment of ten leaders who fought for women’s rights. With beautiful illustrations that will delight readers of all ages, the activists featured are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Jovita Idár, Alice Paul, Inez Milholland, Ida B. Wells, Lucy Burns, and Mary Church Terrell.

The women’s suffrage movement gained momentum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through lectures, marches, and protests, women’s suffrage supporters aimed to finally enshrine in the Constitution the right for women in the United States to vote.

After decades of struggle, the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920. Although women could now participate in the democratic process, many women remained unable to vote well into the 20th century because of discriminatory laws.

Petitions, letters, photographs, and documents relating to the women’s suffrage movement (including the 19th Amendment itself) are all preserved and protected by the National Archives.