Citizen She! - by Caroline Stevan (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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

Review Quotes

"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

About the Author

Originally from Bern, Switzerland, Caroline Stevan studied journalism in France. She worked for a long time for the Swiss newspaper Le Temps, first in the international section and then in culture, and appears regularly on RTS radio. Her first book with Helvetic was BlaBlaCar, la France et moi. Elīna Brasliņa is a Latvian illustrator who has illustrated a number of books for children.