Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote

Elizabeth is a wonderful woman who stood up for her beliefs. She was living at the time when men had more rights than women. When she was young her opinion did not matter and this made her angry. Instead of letting it go she wanted to make a change. She was diffrent than most girls her age. She did not care about marriage but instead she wanted to continue her education. Elizabeth lead the way to women's rights. She started something so wonderful and the reason women have rights is all because of her. This is great book to show children when teaching about women's rights. Its an interesting book that children will love being that it is illustrated. ( )

Elizabeth Leads the Way is a book that takes a look at the childhood and life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton leading up to her beginning to challenge for women's right to vote. This book is written in a conversational style that is accessible to a young reader. The young Elizabeth questions the way things are, and why women can't do the same things as men. Her experiences as a child and young adult shape her view on women's rights, and eventually lead to her advocating for change. However, this book does not actually go into the women's rights movement and women gaining the access to vote; it merely sets the stage for why Elizabeth Cady Stanton was interested in the issue, and why she finally decided to advocate for women's rights.

This book would be a great way to introduce to a young reader why someone like Elizabeth was unhappy when women weren't allowed the same rights as men. The illustrations are colorful and add to the overall impact of the book. As a parent or elementary teacher, I might use this book to introduce to children the fact that before the early 1920s, women were not allowed many of the same rights as men. I think it is an interesting and fun way to introduce the topic of women's suffrage. ( )

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a woman who helped lead the way for women's rights. From a very young age she was told her opinion did not matter because she was female. She refused to sit back and let men run everything. She did not live long enough to see all the changes that came about but she helped pave the road for the rights woman have today. This would be a great book when doing biography lesson. Also in history or civics classes. ( )

Elizabeth was always told that it was a pity that she wasnt born a boy. She always did what people thought she couldn't. She rode hourses and intead of getting married at sixteen, like most girls, she continued her education. ELizabeth's story shows how unfair women had it in her time. Her stroy also explains her role in the fight for women's rights. ( )

Elizabeth is upset when she finds out that her voice does not matter because she is a girl. She becomes outraged when she learns her land can be taken away because she does not have husband. This book can be used for the to help young girls or young people to learn they have a voice. And not only have a voice, but can cause change with the voice. ( )