An important book covering a topic not well known to most, this is the type of book we HAVE to include in our library's collections AS WELL AS actively promote to our readers. Fantastic book!

I learned so much from this book. I have read a few books about the Suffragette Movement and a few about the Civil Rights Movement, but this is the first book I have found that addresses the struggle black women have had to get the vote. I appreciate that the author did an amazing job of show all sides of the problem.

A much needed addition to our non-fiction shelves. We need to expand the stories in the history books and this text is a perfect way to do exactly that.

I received this advanced readers copy from Netgalley, in exchange for honest feedback.

In this year commemorating the 19th amendment, there’s a lot of talk around big names of the women’s suffrage movement, people such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. However, have you heard of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell, or Sarah Mapps Douglass? Evette Dionne tells the much lesser known, but important story of black women's fight for suffrage and rights.

There's so much I can say about about this book. It was very informative, as Dionne traces black women's fight for rights against US history and the women's rights movement. Black women faced significant barriers to the vote from slavery, racism, and their sex. Dionne tells their story in narrative form with photographs of people and places, as well as many sidebars highlighting women suffragists’ bios and important statistics and facts, I studied history in college with a special interest in women's history, yet I learned from this book.

Not only is it informative, but it's also very readable history. Dionne caught me right from the 1st chapter in which she talked about the lines of people who put their “I voted” stickers on Susan B. Anthony’s grave on Election Day. While Anthony deserves the love, many black suffragists have been ignored and forgotten.

Dionne's audience is roughly grades 5-8, middle school, but I would recommend this title to anyone interested in learning a more complete view about women's history. It's a compelling read and there's a lot to learn for someone of any age.

I looking forward to promoting this one, especially once we get back in the library. I've already recommended it to several colleagues. It’s a timely read against the backdrop of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and with its connections to current issues such as voter suppression. The fight for universal suffrage is far from over.

In 1913, it wasn’t just white women fighting for the right to vote. Women of color also wanted the right to vote. Being torn between the civil right movement and the suffragist movement, the two groups didn’t always work cooperatively. Eventually, the women of color broke off and started their own suffragist movement. In this book, the author touches on women’s improvement societies and social clubs, March Church Terrell’s founding of the National Association for Colored Women and other prominent women. Some of the women more well-known than others. This is well-written, objective, and touches on parallels to current events. It is well-researched, well-laid out, and engaging. Readers who are interested in history or need to read a non-fiction book for a history project will enjoy reading this book. Grades 8 to 12.

Please note: This was a complementary review copy from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. No financial compensation was received.

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