SERIES MADE SIMPLE

Stories of Women's Suffrage: Votes for Women!

by Cath SENKER
9781484608647. ea vol: 112p. (Women's Stories from History). ebook available. further reading. glossary. index. photos. websites. Heinemann-Raintree. 2015. lib. ed. $31.32.
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Gr 4–6—These titles are filled with the stories of extraordinary women who by dint of their courage, intellect, creativity, and tenacity revolutionized their professions or other realms of influence. However, the women's histories, while significant, are given inadequate treatment. The design will be off-putting to students: the books include long blocks of texts with illustrations that appear only every few pages and no headings. Most of the images are awkward-looking modern-day paintings or collages, with few period photos.
VERDICT Skip these volumes.
The series profiles American and British women--e.g, Emmaline Pankhurst (Suffrage) and Betty Friedan (1960s)--who challenged their era's social norms. Contextualized with period quotations, the readable volumes cover the suffrage movement, the fight for civil liberties, sexism in the workplace, and socioeconomic issues. Scarcely illustrated (more photographs would be helpful), these are adequate surveys of period activists. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Women's Stories from History titles: Stories of Women's Suffrage and Stories of Women in the 1960s.
Reviewed by Jennifer Prince , Apr 01, 2015

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