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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
During the first convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, women's rights were given their rightful attention for the first time in the history of the world. Includes short biographies of Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt.
25) Women's suffrage
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles early leaders in the fight for women's rights, especially the right to vote, including Mary Wollstonecraft, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Dare to Dream chronicles the vision and life of Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and provides young readers with a clear, concise chronology of the civil rights movement. Through years of turmoil and violent hatred that deprived a movement of its greatest leader, Coretta Scott King has remained a lasting figure of peace and harmony.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
"From Cecile Richards--the president of Planned Parenthood, daughter of the late Governor Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women's March on Washington, and "the heroine of the resistance" (Vogue)--comes a story about learning to lead and make change, based on a lifetime of fighting for women's rights and social justice. Cecile Richards has been an activist since she was taken to the principal's office in seventh grade for wearing an armband...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
From the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York, to the enactment of the 19th Amendment, this lively chronicle introduces Anthony and the American suffragist movement.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Description
Amelia Bloomer, who does not behave the way nineteenth-century society tells her a proper lady should, introduces pantaloons to American women to save them from the discomfort of their heavy, tight dresses.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from her wealthy childhood through her years as a writer and lecturer for women's rights, and describes the impact she had on American history.
Author
Publisher
Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose stories have yet to be told."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and achievements of Coretta Scott King, discussing her vital role in the Civil Rights Movement, her awareness campaigns, and her efforts to continue the work of her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats....
37) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
A biography of a woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.
40) Coretta Scott
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Martin Luther King's wife, Coretta, who in her own right, was a civil rights pioneer who experienced the injustices of the segregated South and who continued her husband's mission after his assassination.
