Not allowed to go hiking with her father and brothers because she is a girl, Bessie learns about women's rights when she attends a suffrage rally led by Susan B. Anthony. Includes end notes on the real Bessie Keith Pond, the 1896 California suffrage campaign, Susan B. Anthony, and suffrage history.
Über den Autor Claire Rudolf Murphy
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Claire Rudolf Murphy is the award-winning author of several books for children and young adults, including Children of the Gold Rush (winner of the 2000 Willa Cather Award), Gold Rush Women and Free Radical. She is coauthored of Daughters of the Desert: Stories of Remarkable Womenfrom Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions (SkyLight Paths).
