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A Time for Courage

by Kathryn Lasky
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January 19, 1917—The picket line has been going on for over a week! And people said they would not last a day and the weather still has not broken. What's more is news of the picket is spreading and more and more women are coming from other parts of the district and some from as far away as Maryland and Virginia. President Wilson felt so sorry for them in the cold that he invited them in for coffee but they refused. They said they would only come in to talk about a federal amendment for the women's right to vote. No coffee! This made me think of Sojourner Truth's words about men who help lift women into carriages and over mud puddles—that of course is the easy part, just like giving them coffee. Giving them the vote is the hard part.

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Series: Dear America Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.

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  • ISBN: 0439391377
  • Release date: November 1, 2002

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  • ISBN: 0439391377
  • File size: 6253 KB
  • Release date: November 1, 2002

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Juvenile Fiction Historical Fiction

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English

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Lexile® Measure:850
Text Difficulty:4-5

January 19, 1917—The picket line has been going on for over a week! And people said they would not last a day and the weather still has not broken. What's more is news of the picket is spreading and more and more women are coming from other parts of the district and some from as far away as Maryland and Virginia. President Wilson felt so sorry for them in the cold that he invited them in for coffee but they refused. They said they would only come in to talk about a federal amendment for the women's right to vote. No coffee! This made me think of Sojourner Truth's words about men who help lift women into carriages and over mud puddles—that of course is the easy part, just like giving them coffee. Giving them the vote is the hard part.

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Juvenile Fiction Historical Fiction