Susan B. Anthony

Children's Literature - Rosa Roberts

In this succinct and educational biography about Susan B. Anthony, young readers will have all the facts and details readily available in one book. Students can use this book as a reference book or for specific class projects. Educators will benefit from having it in their school library or classroom library. This biography chronicles her life, her fifty-year friendship with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and her lifelong struggle to attain women's right to vote. Even though Anthony did not live to see the day when women were granted the right to vote, it did transpire fourteen years after her death. The impact she had on rights for women and African-Americans is elaborated on in the pages. The book is divided into five chapters; the back matter includes a time line, a page celebrating the century mark for the United States, further reading selections, Web sites, select bibliography, and index. Part of the "History Maker Bios" series.