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Gr 4-6-Period photographs, drawings, and cartoons; primary-source material; and biographical content make these introductory titles interesting and accessible. Organized chronologically, they are valuable resources for understanding the people and events in these movements, and readers will recognize the courage, energy, and determination propelling them. Clear writing presents complicated times in America's history. "In Their Own Words" sidebars personalize the events, while the graphics convey the attitudes of the times. Elaine Pascoe's The Right to Vote (1997) and Marlene Targ Brill's Let Women Vote! (1995, both Millbrook) provide more in-depth coverage. Miles Harvey's Women's Voting Rights (Children's Press, 1996) is more comparable in scope and readability, and Sarah E. De Capua's Abolitionists (Child's World, 2002) covers a broader time span.-Peg Glisson, Mendon Center Elementary School, Pittsford, NY Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.