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christiana's review
4.0
If your knowledge of the suffrage movement is limited to the slogan "Votes for Women" and the song "Sister Suffragette" from Mary Poppins, this book is for you. I am so inspired by the amount of badass women, especially marginalized and women of color who had a lot more to lose but saw the importance of women being equal in rights, voting and otherwise. A couple had ties to Ohio, including Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Columbus!) and Mary Church Terrell. I also really loved Susette La Flesche Tibbs' story, a member of the Omaha tribe in what is now the state of Nebraska (short version of the story: Susette tried to become a teacher on her reservation, but was denied the post because she didn't have the certificate, which she couldn't take the test for from the reservation and was denied leave to go to the next closest site. She went anyway, made the superintendent give her the necessary examinations, passed and got the certificate, was STILL denied by the local official, threatened to go to the media until he gave in, allowing her to become the first Native teacher on the Omaha reservation.) What a badass!
s_smiadak's review
3.0
Not quite what I was expecting but full of lots of important but often overlooked history.
leenduff's review
5.0
Read this book!!! The current issues that plague our nation came from somewhere and this book does a great job highlighting the injustices that our ancestors fought against and unfortunately, we are still fighting.
mnstucki's review
4.0
A great look at the history of women’s suffrage and how women from minority groups played a role in that movement. I love the graphics and color scheme done in the colors of the women’s suffrage movement.
rdyourbookcase's review
5.0
Finish the Fight belongs in every library and everyone should read it. I might have to buy it for my own collection. The illustrations were fantastic, and the stories made me proud of the women I was learning about and horrified of how recent some of the injustices were. Sadly, North and South Dakota were two of those offenders - way too close to home. My two favorites were Ida B. Wells and Zitkala-Sa. I can't wait to learn more about them. The powerful last few pages of the book compared 1920 to 2020 in terms of female representation, and boy, do we have a long way to go.
It made me think about the sexism that I have confronted in my life and how frustrated I was (having to pay more for health insurance because I was a female of childbearing age, finding a will template that said I would give up everything to my husband's family instead of my beneficiary if we died simultaneously, customers at work asking for a guy to help them with their tablets, etc.). I can't imagine living during a time when it was worse. Three cheers for the historical fighters and the women who wrote this book!
It made me think about the sexism that I have confronted in my life and how frustrated I was (having to pay more for health insurance because I was a female of childbearing age, finding a will template that said I would give up everything to my husband's family instead of my beneficiary if we died simultaneously, customers at work asking for a guy to help them with their tablets, etc.). I can't imagine living during a time when it was worse. Three cheers for the historical fighters and the women who wrote this book!
kiperoo's review
5.0
What a fantastic book! The details here made me realize how little I knew about how all women got the right to vote in the US, and the profiles of these truly extraordinary women I hadn't heard about before will stick with me long after finishing. Highly recommend!
library_kb's review
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
I really enjoyed the design of this book--the mix of primary source photos and illustrations was so visually interesting! I also really enjoyed learning about the diverse historical figures who pushed the suffragist movement forward--I am now familiar with some important names I hadn't heard of before. This book also gives a lot of context for the movement as well as connections to the modern day. Recommend!
domskeac's review
4.0
I read through this to give to my niece for Christmas. I wrote detailed notes in the margins, talking through what the book discussed, so she could have me “with” her as she read. It’s been fun to work as a translator for a young person encountering this. Would recommend reading with a kid so you can chat about anything that’s confusing or overwhelming; it does need some supportive info if a kid was reading alone. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Beautiful artwork and layout.