Displaying 1 of 1 2020 Title: Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box Author: Dionne, Evette, author. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Viking, 2020. ©2020 Description: 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: "For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement--when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle."--Publisher's description. Subjects: United States. Constitution. 19th Amendment -- Juvenile literature. Women -- Suffrage -- History -- Juvenile literature. African American women -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile literature. Contents: Not the history you learned in school -- Abolitionist women embrace the fight -- "Ain't I a woman?": the cult of true womanhood -- The negro hour is upon us -- The rise of black women's suffrage clubs -- Voting is only for educated women -- Taking it to the streets -- The back of the movement: the Women's Suffrage March -- Voting out Jim Crow -- Epilogue: continuing to climb. ISBN 9780451481542 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1