Ballots for Belva: The True Story of a Woman's Race for the Presidency by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, illustrated by Courtney A. MartinBiography of the first woman to run for president, Belva Lockwood. Includes dateline of women's suffrage movement in the United States.
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Nicely written, to the point book about how a woman tried to run for president in the 1880's, before women had the right to vote! I was shocked to hear that other women didn't support her efforts.
Surprisingly, she got quite a few votes from the male population.
I give it 3***'s
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