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Book 1: Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë from 1847. Book 2: Little Women is a novel by Louisa May Alcott who was also an abolitionist and a feminist. Book 3: The Odd Women is an 1893 novel by the English novelist George Gissing. Book 4: Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) was a leader in the campaign for women’s suffrage. Book 5: Sojourner Truth’s autobiographical Narrative chronicles her life as a slave, and her transformation into an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, orator, and preacher. Book 6: "The Crisis" is a speech....

Written in the wake of the Nineteenth Amendments passage and published in 1923, this insightful book explores the profound impact of American politics on the woman suffrage movement. Tracing the journey from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to the landmark ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, it reveals the struggles and triumphs that shaped womens right to vote. Join J. M. Smallheer as he delves into this pivotal chapter of American history.

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women. In this 1916 speech, The Crisis, she called for vigorous action towards attaining women’s suffrage. It was in no small part due to Catt’s tireless efforts that American women were granted the right to vote in 1920.