You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?

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Product Details
Price
$7.99  $7.43
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publish Date
Pages
96
Dimensions
5.03 X 7.76 X 0.3 inches | 0.21 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780698117648

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About the Author
Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China to American missionaries on November 16, 1915. Living there until she was almost thirteen sparked a lifelong interest in American history. She wrote about her childhood in China in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the National Book Award.
Ms. Fritz was the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.
Among the other prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: the National Humanities Medal, the Children's Literature Legacy Award, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award. the Christopher Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Awards.
She passed away on May 14, 2017.
Reviews
Praise for You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?

★ "Fritz imparts not just a sense of Stanton's accomplishments but a picture of the greater society Stanton strove to change .... Highly entertaining and enlightening." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

★"This is Fritz at her ebullient best." -Booklist (starred review)

★"This objective depiction of [Stanton's] life and times ... makes readers feel invested in her struggle." -School library Journal (starred review)