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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.
caiacassiopeia's review
informative
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This is a middle grade history nonfiction
which I picked up because the cover and the blurb caught my eye on storytel
But I would've needed to know much more beforehand on american history regarding women's rights
The audiobook is a fast read, if you're interested in history and want to broaden you spectrum especially with the part POC and Queer women had.
This could be an interesting start to get a few names and a "first look"
This is a middle grade history nonfiction
which I picked up because the cover and the blurb caught my eye on storytel
But I would've needed to know much more beforehand on american history regarding women's rights
The audiobook is a fast read, if you're interested in history and want to broaden you spectrum especially with the part POC and Queer women had.
This could be an interesting start to get a few names and a "first look"
sparbowl3's review
5.0
Okay, I LOVED this book. It highlighted a lot of suffragists, some that I was familiar with, but many that I wasn't, and the illustrations are GORGEOUS. Seriously, this book was so pretty, the writing was interesting and engaging, and I loved reading it.
antlersantlers's review
4.0
This rating/review is based on an advanced reading copy from Netgalley and Versify books.
I can't wait to recommend this to young readers at my library. This book presents short biographies of some lesser known suffragists. The book covers the fight for black women's votes, the influence of Native governance and Native women's fight for the vote, the role of queer women in the movement, and the contributions and suffrage struggles of Asian and Mexican immigrants. Some of the chapters are more robust than others (the chapter on queer women is particularly weak), but overall the book presents a clear and tremendously readable deeper (than usual) dive into the movement. The text deepened my knowledge of the women I had already heard of, but definitely introduced me to a lot of women I hadn't! I'm definitely going to download some of the books these women have published (in the public domain!), specifically the poetry of Frances E.W. Harper and the memoir & stories of Zitkála-Šá. I am also really excited to read the finished book because most of the illustrations are there (and flippin stellar!!) but there are a few missing that I really want to see.
I can't wait to recommend this to young readers at my library. This book presents short biographies of some lesser known suffragists. The book covers the fight for black women's votes, the influence of Native governance and Native women's fight for the vote, the role of queer women in the movement, and the contributions and suffrage struggles of Asian and Mexican immigrants. Some of the chapters are more robust than others (the chapter on queer women is particularly weak), but overall the book presents a clear and tremendously readable deeper (than usual) dive into the movement. The text deepened my knowledge of the women I had already heard of, but definitely introduced me to a lot of women I hadn't! I'm definitely going to download some of the books these women have published (in the public domain!), specifically the poetry of Frances E.W. Harper and the memoir & stories of Zitkála-Šá. I am also really excited to read the finished book because most of the illustrations are there (and flippin stellar!!) but there are a few missing that I really want to see.
whitneydr's review
5.0
I was itching to read this after attending the HMH Fall Preview Showcase and was glad I got approved to review this on Edelweiss.
Wow. Just wow.
When I kid/teen, we learned about women's suffrage in school. But, being born and raised in Rochester, NY, I didn't learn or remember much about other suffragettes beyond Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
But this book?! Oh my god. It's just so RICH with information on women the school history books left out. Why didn't I know about Mabel Ping-Hua Lee? Jovita Idar? Juno Frankie Pierce? These are just some of the women who fought for women's rights that I/we should've known about earlier in our lives. Yes, we can seek out this information ourselves, but you can't answer a question when you don't know what to ask.
When people say "representation matters" Finish the Fight is what they mean. Queer women, Black women, Latina women, Native women, Asian women. Everyone is represented. Every woman and girl will see themselves on these pages and know that they can continue the work where these amazing women left off.
Wow. Just wow.
When I kid/teen, we learned about women's suffrage in school. But, being born and raised in Rochester, NY, I didn't learn or remember much about other suffragettes beyond Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
But this book?! Oh my god. It's just so RICH with information on women the school history books left out. Why didn't I know about Mabel Ping-Hua Lee? Jovita Idar? Juno Frankie Pierce? These are just some of the women who fought for women's rights that I/we should've known about earlier in our lives. Yes, we can seek out this information ourselves, but you can't answer a question when you don't know what to ask.
When people say "representation matters" Finish the Fight is what they mean. Queer women, Black women, Latina women, Native women, Asian women. Everyone is represented. Every woman and girl will see themselves on these pages and know that they can continue the work where these amazing women left off.
oolonged's review
5.0
love love love everything about this book. so much education i didn’t get. seeing queer, Black, indigenous, and Mexican representation in the suffragette movement from the 1800s-1900s makes my heart singggg
erine's review
5.0
I've never pretended to know everything about the fight for women's suffrage, but it's somehow always surprising to find out how little I know. This book outlines the history of women's suffrage by highlighting a series of important voices in the movement, and yet the majority of these women were ones I had never -- or barely -- heard of. The best part of this book is that the focus is not on the white women who so often make up the core stories of this fight. Instead, the women featured here are Native American, Black, Chinese American, and their work is given the attention it deserves.
This portrayal reframes the entire fight for the vote as one that was supported by women of many different colors and backgrounds. It reminds the reader that while white women were instrumental in achieving suffrage, so were many other women who rose to the challenge despite being sidelined by their non-whiteness, and who have been largely ignored by the historians and teachers and authors who have been telling the story of suffrage ever since.
This portrayal reframes the entire fight for the vote as one that was supported by women of many different colors and backgrounds. It reminds the reader that while white women were instrumental in achieving suffrage, so were many other women who rose to the challenge despite being sidelined by their non-whiteness, and who have been largely ignored by the historians and teachers and authors who have been telling the story of suffrage ever since.