Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote Paperback – Illustrated, February 16, 2010

Great book! Definitely the content and story I expected. I was excited to gift the book but had to find another gift since this one came broken and used. In my order, it specified new not used.

I bought this for my granddaughter for Christmas along with 3 other books on the 4 for 3 deal. I bought them because they were all highly rated and they were on my granddaughter's reading list from school. She's in second grade. I read all the books before I gave them to her. I wanted to be sure that none of them said things that I didn't agree with. This one I think is pretty accurate historically and it doesn't promote any specific point of view. I liked that because I believe that history should be factual. I'm not really sure how much my granddaughter liked the book. I haven't heard anything. If I had to guess, I'd say it's probably not a book that a 7 or 8 year old would get excited about but given that it was on her book list and I think it's pretty accurate historically, I think it's probably a worthwhile read.

I sometimes worry about the audience intended age on these historical picture books but this one hit the mark for my almost 3 year old. I was able to explain only a couple concepts she didn't know (abolitionist and what voting means) in order for her to appreciate the storyline here. She now talks about this book a lot and requests it by name several times a week. It brings to life the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and how in her day it was a pity to be born a girl. We follow Elizabeth on her journey through simple easy to read text, nothing overdone, to showcase how she lived to show the world a girl CAN do anything she wants to. It was a wonderful history lesson and easily read to young ears, we loved it!

I loved & My Daughter reads it 3 to 4 times a day. She Loves It

I loved this book. It focuses on Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but also makes clear the discrimination that women faced in the 1800's. I used with my 8th graders for an activity on themes in American History, but it would be a great read aloud for 2nd grade and up.

This book was fun to read with my 8 year old granddaughter. It was a Christmas present. We believe it is important for her to have feminine role models and learn of the achievements of women in years past. This book presented good opportunities to talk with her about Cady, Cady's values and beliefs. This type of book raises the bar for young people's minds rather than reading simply fluff stuff. We also read other children's books of women in history such as Amelia Earhart (from Amazon) and I rate that highly as well.

Great book to use for the classroom! It was a fun way to introduce womens rights.

Our five year old loved this book! Not only did she start asking questions about why women could not vote, she started to understand the historical timeline that allows women to vote today. Great for young girls looking to expand their sense of strong female role models.