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2) Suffragette
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all...
Author
Series
Daniel Pitt novel volume 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark -- and dangerous -- secrets in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at London law firm Fford, Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his -- and the firm's -- reputation. The trouble is, Malcolm Vayne, the man on trial, has deep pockets, and even...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"According to conventional wisdom, American women's campaign for the vote began with the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The movement was led by storied figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. But this women's movement was an overwhelmingly white one, and it secured the constitutional right to vote for white women, not for all women. In Vanguard, acclaimed historian...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A 100th-anniversary tribute to the activist work of suffragists Nell Richardson and Alice Burke reimagines how they embarked on a journey in a little yellow car with a kitten, a sewing machine and a typewriter to raise awareness about the importance of giving women the right to vote.
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From a chorus of bestselling historical fiction writers, a breathtaking book inspired by the day tens of thousands of women marched for the right to vote on October, 23, 1915. Includes an introduction by Kristin Hannah and stories by Lisa Wingate, M. J. Rose, Steve Berry, Paula McLain, Katherine J. Chen, Christina Baker Kline, Jamie Ford, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Megan Chance, Alyson Richman, Chris Bohjalian, and Fiona Davis."--
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Alice Paul reignited the sleepy suffrage moment with dramatic demonstrations and provocative banners. After women won the vote in 1920, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all the laws that discriminated against women unconstitutional. Paul saw another chance to advance women's rights when the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 began moving through Congress. Kops introduces readers to this relatively unknown leader of the...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into Indian royalty. Her father, Maharajah Duleep Singh, was heir to the Kingdom of the Sikhs, one of the greatest empires of the Indian subcontinent, a realm that stretched from the lush Kashmir Valley to the craggy foothills of the Khyber Pass and included the mighty cities of Lahore and Peshawar. It was a territory irresistible to the British, who plundered everything, including the fabled Koh-I-Noor diamond....
16) The 39 steps
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Wrongfully accused of murder, Richard Hannay finds himself on a roller coaster action adventure full of excitement, drama, danger, fun, and romance as he attempts to save the nation from invasion. On the run from spies and the police, the last thing he expected was to be stuck with Victoria Sinclair, an opinionated suffragette, but their mutual loathing turns to romance as they find themselves facing death together.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This fight determines whether the women of the United States can vote, folks. The winner changes the country forever."--Back cover.
"When President Woodrow Wilson arrived in Washington, DC, to start his first term, women's rights leader Alice Paul was ready to demand an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote. The president thought that idea was ridiculous! THEIR FIGHT BEGAN. For the next five years, Alice and her suffragists battered...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum, una división de Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
En la Cuba de la década de 1920, Rima es intimidada y rechazada por su ilegitimidad, pero encuentra consuelo montando su caballo y forja amistades inesperadas con otras personas que comparten sus sueños de libertad y sufragio. Incluye nota histórica.
20) Parade's end
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An epic story of love and betrayal, set during a formative period in British history, from the twilight years of the Edwardian era to the end of World War I. Based on the quartet of novels by Ford Madox Ford, this five-part miniseries was adapted for the screen by Tom Stoppard.
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