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An inspiring journey of women’s struggles and victories around the globe as they fought for the right to vote.
Citizen She! tracks the global fight for women’s suffrage from the first pioneers in the eighteenth century to the heroines of today, from American Lucretia Mott to Egypt’s Huda Sha’arawi to China’s Qui Jin. What does it mean to have a vote, and why did women have to fight so hard to get one? How did they fight for it? And why are they still fighting in many countries around the globe? In illuminating the global struggle for women’s rights, the book shows us how far we’ve come–and that there is a lot left to fight for.
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection 2022
Silver Medal winner of the California Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award 2022
"An accessible nonfiction read about equal voting rights for middle grade readers." – School Library Journal
"An accessible nonfiction read about equal voting rights for middle grade readers." – School Library Journal
“Citizen She! is especially, uniquely, and unreservedly recommended for family, elementary school, middle school, and community library Women’s History & Political Science collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.” – Midwest Book Review
"Layout and illustrations are reminiscent of a graphic novel and effectively highlight the importance of the subject. An international and transgenerational documentation on those who have made, are making, and will make progress for women's rights. A book to put in everyone's hands, especially those of children." – Femina
"An inspiring book about the fight for gender equality." – Cooperation
”Citizen She! is a well-researched, engaging, and thought-provoking book that gives readers a snapshot view of the struggle for women’s rights.” – Reshama Deshmukh, Stacking Books
Why did women want to vote? 8
How did they fight for it? 18
Olympe de Gouges 20
Emmeline Pankhurst 24
Huda Sharawi 28
Bertha Lutz 30
Louise Weiss 32
Protestors’ Tool Kit 36
Loujain al-Hathloul 38
Antoinette Quinche 40
Ida B. Wells 44
Qiu Jin 48
Lucretia Mott 50
Kate Sheppard 52
Posters For 60
Posters Against 62
When did they succeed? 64
Sweden 66 Russia 68
United States 70
Turkey 72
France 74
Argentina 76
Switzerland 78
Nigeria 80
Saudi Arabia 82
A few holdouts 83
Has there ever been a woman president? 84
Women Heads of State 86
Women Heads of Government 90
Ministers 96
Women Representatives 98
Who Will Take Care of the Children? 102
What’s next? 108
Salaries 110
Household Tasks 112
Children 113
Language 116
Positions of Power 118
Menstruation 120
The Right to Control One’s Own Body 121
Established Roles 122
Dear readers 124
Extras 126
Quiz 128
Games 130
Answers 134
Vocabulary 136
Learn more 138
Educator’s Guide 144