Rebel voices

Titre
Rebel voices

Louise Kay. Stewart

Sommaire
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the brave campaigners who fought for women's right to vote. Discover that it was never illegal for women to vote in Ecuador, or how 40,000 Russian women marched through St Petersburg demanding their rights. Find out how one Canadian woman changed opinions with a play, and Kuwaiti women protested via text message. And learn that women climbed mountains, walked a lion through the streets of Paris, and starved themselves, all in the name of having a voice. Tracing its history from New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, follow this empowering movement as it spread from Oceania to Europe and the Americas, then Africa and Asia up to the present day. Meet the women who rioted, rallied and refused to give up.

Rebel voices : the global fight for womens equality and the right to vote

Date de publication comme intervalle
2018-2019

Description matérielle
43 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Note générale
Includes index.
 
Subtitle from cover.
 
"Originally published in the UK by Wren & Rook, an imprint of Hachette Children's Group"-- Title page verso.

Terme de vedette-matière
Women -- Biography.
 
Women's rights.
 
Women -- Suffrage.
 
Women -- History.
 
Suffragists -- History.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Knight, Eve Lloyd,

Résumé
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the brave campaigners who fought for women's right to vote. Discover that it was never illegal for women to vote in Ecuador, or how 40,000 Russian women marched through St Petersburg demanding their rights. Find out how one Canadian woman changed opinions with a play, and Kuwaiti women protested via text message. And learn that women climbed mountains, walked a lion through the streets of Paris, and starved themselves, all in the name of having a voice. Tracing its history from New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, follow this empowering movement as it spread from Oceania to Europe and the Americas, then Africa and Asia up to the present day. Meet the women who rioted, rallied and refused to give up.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781338532470

Informations de publication
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc, 2019.
 
©2018.


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