Rightfully Ours: How Women Won the Vote, 21 Activities

Winner of:
VOYA'S Nonfiction Honor List 2012
Amelia Bloomer List 2013

Though the Declaration of Independence stated that “all men are created equal,” women and girls in the early days of the United States had few rights—their lives were controlled by their husbands or fathers. Married women could not own property, and few girls were taught more than reading and simple math. Not one woman could vote, but that would change with the tireless efforts of Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady...