Winner of:
VOYA'S Nonfiction Honor List 2012
Amelia Bloomer List 2013
Rightfully Ours tells of the century-long struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. In addition to its lively narrative, this history includes a time line, online resources, and hands-on activities that will give readers a sense of the everyday lives of the suffragists. Children will:
- create a banner for suffrage
- host a Victorian tea
- stage a "readers' theater" for women's rights
- feel what it was like to wear a corset
- bake a cake from the Woman Suffrage Cook Book
- and more
Through it all, readers will gain a richer appreciation for not only the women who secured the right to fully participate in American democracy, but also why they must never take that right for granted.