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A Lady Has the Floor
by Kate Hannigan
Illustrator: Alison Jay
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights
ISBN: 978-1-62979-453-2
Keywords: Belva Lockwood, Women's Rights
Teacher, lawyer, and candidate in the 1880's presidential campaigns, this courageous, determined suffragette broke down barriers of inequality. Quotes are integrated in folk art style illustrations. Extensive back matter.