A Lady Has the Floor
Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights
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- £7.49
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- £7.49
Publisher Description
Written in the same vein as the recent best-selling titles I DISSENT and SHE PERSISTED, here is a nonfiction picture book biography of Belva Lockwood, a lawyer, activist and presidential candidate who devoted her life to overcoming obstacles and demanding equality for women.
Activist Belva Lockwood never stopped asking herself the question Are women not worth the same as men? She had big dreams and didn't let anyone stand in her way--not her father, her law school, or even the U.S. Supreme Court. She fought for equality for women in the classroom, in the courtroom, and in politics. In her quest for fairness and parity, Lockwood ran for President of the United States, becoming the first woman on the ballot. In this riveting nonfiction picture book biography, award-winning author Kate Hannigan and celebrated artist Alison Jay illuminate the life of Lockwood, a woman who was never afraid to take the floor and speak her mind.
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Hannigan presents an invigorating account of the life of Belva Lockwood, taking readers from her childhood in Niagara County, N.Y., to her career as one of the first women lawyers in the U.S. to her 1884 run for president ("Are women not worth the same as men? Belva spent her whole life asking that question."). Working in her distinctively crackled folk style, Jay depicts powerful moments of resistance and courage from Lockwood's life whether storming into a classroom or protesting before the Supreme Court. Endnotes provide a timeline of Lockwood's life and beyond, highlighting significant events in the ongoing fight for women's rights and concluding with Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run. Ages 9 12.
