Civil Rights 2

Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
Written by Tanya Lee Stone

Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon

This book describes the journey of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a woman who stood up and fought for what she believed in. In nineteenth-century America, women were not allowed to go to college, own property, or vote. Instead, they were expected to marry, have babies, and keep house for their husbands. But rather than accept her lesser status, Elizabeth gathered other like-minded women to challenge the right to vote. Here is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman who changed America forever.

Additional resources for classroom use:



Tanya Lee Stone's Website

 National Park Service: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

 Wiffiti: Women's Right to Vote: Quotes from Elizabeth Cady Stanton