Description:
An inspiring journey of women's struggles and victories around the globe as they fought for the right to vote.
Citizen She! tracks the global fight for women's suffrage from the first pioneers in the eighteenth century to the heroines of today, from American Lucretia Mott to Egypt's Huda Sha'arawi to China's Qui Jin. What does it mean to have a vote, and why did women have to fight so hard to get one? How did they fight for it? And why are they still fighting in many countries around the globe? In illuminating the global struggle for women's rights, the book shows us how far we've come-and that there is a lot left to fight for.
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection 2022
Silver Medal winner of the California Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award 2022
"An accessible nonfiction read about equal voting rights for middle grade readers." - School Library Journal
Brief description: Michelle Bailat-Jones is a translator and novelist living in Switzerland. Her translations include Henry Dunant: The Man of the Red Crossby Corinne Chaponnière, both Beauty on Earth and What if the Sun...? by the celebrated Swiss modernist Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, as well as work by Clarisse Francillon, Claude Cahun, Julia Allard Daudet, Laure Mi-Hyun Croset, Timba Bema, and Céline Cerny. She is the author of two novels, and her shorter fiction, translations, poetry, and criticism have appeared in a variety of journals, both online and in print.
Review Quotes:
"An accessible nonfiction read about equal voting rights for middle grade readers." - School Library Journal
"Citizen She! is especially, uniquely, and unreservedly recommended for family, elementary school, middle school, and community library Women's History & Political Science collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists." - Midwest Book Review
"Layout and illustrations are reminiscent of a graphic novel and effectively highlight the importance of the subject. An international and transgenerational documentation on those who have made, are making, and will make progress for women's rights. A book to put in everyone's hands, especially those of children." - Femina
"An inspiring book about the fight for gender equality." - Cooperation
"Citizen She! is a well-researched, engaging, and thought-provoking book that gives readers a snapshot view of the struggle for women's rights." - Reshama Deshmukh, Stacking Books