Women of the suffrage movement / Lydia Bjornlund.
Author: Bjornlund, Lydia D.
Publisher: San Diego, [Calif.] : Lucent Books, c2003.
ISBN: 1590181735 (hardback : alk. paper)
Description: 128 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Series: Women in history
Subject: Women Suffrage United States History Juvenile literature.
Suffragists United States History Juvenile literature.
Suffragists United States Biography Juvenile literature.
African Americans Suffrage History Juvenile literature.
Women Suffrage.
Suffragists.
Women's rights.
Women Biography.
African Americans Biography.
African Americans Suffrage.
Contents: The long struggle for suffrage -- Pioneers for woman suffrage -- National organizers and the political struggle -- Grassroots organizers : working at the local level -- Militant suffragists -- African American women in the suffrage movement -- Antisuffragists -- The mighty pen : women writers and orators.
Summary: Examines leaders of the suffrage movement, the role of African American women in the movement, militant suffragists, and antisuffragists.