You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?

Jean Fritz writes an engaging, spellbinding, nonfiction narrative about one of America's most beloved figures of the Women's Suffrage Movement. Fritz introduces readers to several sides of Mrs. Stanton that many may not know such as her success as a student in Greek and Latin. She also eloped with her husband and traveling to London. Fritz sprinkles anecdotes about Mrs. Stanton and her interactions with others such as Susan B. Anthony. Readers see a softer side of Mrs. Stanton such as her struggle to have her father love her like a son and her disappointment in him not seeing women as his equal.

"You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?" is perfect for people to learn about someone who was so influential in the allowance of women to vote without reading like a textbook. This book describes Stanton's life while she grew up in a time that wasn't very easy on women since they were pretty much owned bu the men in their life. It takes the reader through the struggles that Stanton has trying to fight to get more rights like being able to vote and have more of a voice in the United States. Throughout the book Jean Fritz, the author, made it read like a story so it has the reader learning a lot without seeming like they are as well as it's much easier to read than giving students a textbook. Lizzie Stanton is inspiring to women show more everywhere and I'm glad someone recognized that and wrote about her life. show less

This is a sparkling little biography, clearly told and a pleasure to read!

Short, fun book that lands somewhere between historical fiction and biography.

This was a fifth grade book, and it's stuck with me, so I had to look it up again. I reccomend it for anyone under age 10 or above that wants a look at the subject.

This book is very interesting. It is about Women's Suffrage and how a woman named Elizabeth Cady Stanton wanted women to be able to vote. She was one of the great figures of Women's Suffrage. One thing about this book is somewhat upsetting, once reading the book you realize that Elizabeth Stanton passed away in 1902 and that she never actually got to see women be able to vote.

This book tells the story about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She was born in 1815 during a time when women had no rights. She got married early and started a family but she always worked toward the women's right to vote. She toured America talking to people about women's suffrage. Elizabeth worked with abolitionists and other women. She was great friends with Susan B Anthony and they worked together giving speeches and talking to as many people as possible about the important rights of women to vote. Lizzie Stanton, as she was known to her friends, worked her entire for the cause. She died 18 years before the 19th Amendment but she was a huge influence and power behind the cause.
This is a good informational book. It's only 76 pages long but show more gives a lot of insight to the time period and the struggles of women in that day. This is a great introduction book to womens rights and to the fight for these rights. The illustrations add to the insight into the time period. show less