History Smashers: Women's Right to Vote

Definitely a "history smasher" and SMASH hit! Messner draws readers into a conversation that unpacks the complexities (messiness and all) of this movement. While highlighting the powerful work of activists like Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony, Messner does not shy away from harder conversations a......more

Another fantastic installment in the History Smashers series! What I thoroughly enjoy is that this series teaches our students/children that everything we read in history books is not always as it seems, or necessarily true. History isn't just easy facts to remember. I mean, think about reality. You......more

I finished this book in one day. I can’t believe how many heroes have gone largely unnoticed by history. I am so grateful for the reexamination of women’s suffrage in tandem with black women’s suffrage, it’s heartbreaking and I can only hope white America has learned it’s lesson. I see so many simil......more

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Children's/Random House Books for Young Readers for sharing an eARC with me in exchange for an honest review. My sixth graders love history books and I am so glad that more nonfiction books are being written with their audience in mind. Kate Messner tells the his......more

This book was pretty impressive. First, my 11-year-old daughter read it, and liked it so much that she asked me to read it. I liked it so much that I’ll recommend it to anyone. Though clearly aimed at children (I think the phrasing and word choices makes this obvious), plenty of adults could benefit......more