The Voice That Won the Vote - How One Woman's Words Made History

A vote is a voice: This is what I believe in. This is what I stand for. This is what matters to me. This is who I am.
In August of 1920, women's suffrage in America came down to the vote in Tennessee. If the Tennessee legislature approved the 19th amendment it would be ratified, giving all American women the right to vote. The historic moment came down to a single vote and the voter who tipped the scale toward equality did so because of a powerful letter his mother, Febb Burn, had written him urging him to "Vote for suffrage and don't forget to be a good boy."
The Voice That Won the Vote is the story of Febb, her son Harry, and the letter than gave all American women a voice.

About the author

Elisa Boxer is an Emmy and Murrow award winning journalist whose work has been featured in publications including The New York Times and Fast Company. She has reported for newspapers, magazines and TV stations, and has been working on this book ever since coming back home to Maine for her first job in television news in 1996. She is the author of numerous acclaimed nonfiction picture books, including The Voice That Won the Vote, and SPLASH!: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change (a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection). Elisa lives in Maine and has more children's books on the way.

Product details

• Authors: Elisa Boxer
• Assisted by: Vivien Mildenberger (Illustration)
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781534110496
• ISBN: 978-1-5341-1049-6
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 282 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Mädchen und Frauen, Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Geschichte und Vergangenheit, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Nonfiction, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century