A review by christiana
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Veronica Chambers, The Staff of the New York Times

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!