Everything you DON'T know about women drivers, baseball's "Suffrage Days" and the time when powerful American men performed tasks assigned to them by female suffrage leaders to win the vote for women.
I haven't read the books, but I love Alice and Nell's story. Driving is freedom! I took the driving test to get my license in the middle of a snowstorm on my 16th birthday. I would not wait another day. Thank you for sharing the baseball suffrage history. How refreshing to read this considering how many owners today seem to dismiss women even coming to the ballpark. Hillary was all of us in that hearing.
Like you, I loved Alice and Nell and their adventure the moment I heard of it. I hope you'll get these two books into your library so kids and adults can experience their courageous advocacy for women to get the vote. And I'm not surprised you related to the facial expressions on the video of Hillary's testimony. On we go, M
Thanks, Bill, and glad you read all the way to the bottom of my lengthy essay. Hard to fit in all that I felt belonged in this essay, especially the parts about baseball!
I haven't read the books, but I love Alice and Nell's story. Driving is freedom! I took the driving test to get my license in the middle of a snowstorm on my 16th birthday. I would not wait another day. Thank you for sharing the baseball suffrage history. How refreshing to read this considering how many owners today seem to dismiss women even coming to the ballpark. Hillary was all of us in that hearing.
Like you, I loved Alice and Nell and their adventure the moment I heard of it. I hope you'll get these two books into your library so kids and adults can experience their courageous advocacy for women to get the vote. And I'm not surprised you related to the facial expressions on the video of Hillary's testimony. On we go, M
We have the children's book in a variety of formats so I put a request in for the adult book. Looks so interesting.
Wonderful!
Loved these stories. and Trixie Friganza! What a name.
Her stage name!!! Of course. And a memorable one.
You got my signature, Melissa. As usual, Rowing Together gets us some fascinating stories behind the stories.
Thanks, Bill, and glad you read all the way to the bottom of my lengthy essay. Hard to fit in all that I felt belonged in this essay, especially the parts about baseball!
Always learn so much from your work.
Is there any way I could link to your article on Suffrage Days ?
Do you mean sharing this essay? Or are you looking for another article called Suffrage Days? I am confused.
The essay