One Step Forward

One Step Forward
by Marcie Flinchum Atkins (Author)
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Booktalk: Matilda Young was the youngest American suffragist imprisoned for picketing the White House to demand women’s right to vote.

Raised in a politically divided family, Matilda wondered if she could be as courageous as her older sister who fought for suffrage. Joining the radical protest movement came with plenty of risk. Women were routinely scorned, harassed, arrested—and worse. And taking a stand for her rights could tear her family apart.

Snippet: On this date in 1913 . . .

The author, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, is one of my former students.
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Their QueryTracker page says: “I’m looking for:

Age Groups: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult, LGBTQ+ nonfiction

Genres: Fantasy (all subgenres), speculative, horror, mystery

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