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  • Published: 2 June 2020
  • ISBN: 9780593302668
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $19.99

Bold & Brave

Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote





The perfect read for the one-hundredth anniversary of the nineteenth amendment and in advance of the upcoming presidential election, this inspiring picture book from United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shares the stories of ten suffragists who fought for women's right to vote

The perfect read for the one-hundredth anniversary of the nineteenth amendment and in advance of the upcoming presidential election, this inspiring picture book from United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shares the stories of ten suffragists who fought for women's right to vote.

Bold & Brave introduces children to strong women who have raised their voices on behalf of justice--and inspires them to raise their own voices to build our future.

Here are the stories of ten leaders who strove to win the right to vote for American women--a journey that took more than seventy years of passionate commitment. From well-known figures, such as Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth to lesser known women such as Alice Paul and Mary Church Terrell, these are heroes who dreamed big and never gave up. Senator Gillibrand highlights an important and pithy lesson from each woman's life--from "dare to be different" to "fight together."

With gorgeous illustrations by renowned artist Maira Kalman, this is a book that will inspire and uplift, a book to be cherished and shared.

The suffragists included are: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Jovita Idár, Alice Paul, Inez Milholland, Ida B. Wells, Lucy Burns, and Mary Church Terrell.

  • Published: 2 June 2020
  • ISBN: 9780593302668
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Kirsten Gillibrand

A magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College in 1988, SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND went on to receive her law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1991 and served as a law clerk on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. After working as an attorney in New York City for more than a decade, Gillibrand served as Special Counsel to United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Andrew Cuomo during the Clinton Administration, then as an attorney in Upstate New York before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 20th Congressional District, which spanned 10 counties in upstate New York. Gillibrand was first sworn in as United States Senator from New York in January 2009, filling Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat. In November 2012, she was elected to her first six-year Senate term with 72 percent of the vote, winning 60 of New York's 62 counties. She lives in Troy, NY, with her husband, Jonathan, and two young sons.

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Praise for Bold & Brave

"Sumptuous"-New York Times
"A rousing introduction to 10 fascinating and fearless women."-School Library Journal
[set star] "Gillibrand describes the women's contributions clearly and with context, while Kalman illustrates in distinctive thickly layered gouache"-Publishers Weekly
"The brilliantly conceived, colorful art expands each story. . . The stories build up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and then, in a stroke of genius, shifts to the 2017 Women's March in Washington, D.C."-Kirkus