Elizabeth Started All the Trouble by Doreen Rappaport

Elizabeth Started All the Trouble Reviews

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  Melki

  An interesting and informative look at the history of suffragists and how they finally won the right to vote on August 26th, 1920.
  
  
  Susan B. Anthony's grave covered with "I Voted" stickers.
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  QNPoohBear

  This book may be only 40 pages long but it is LONG and full of facts. The story begins with Abigail Adams and her "remember the ladies" letter. It continues with Elizabeth Cady Stanton's story and what she thought was unfair. I really liked that. The book also shows the backlash after the Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls. Sojourner Truth makes a cameo appearance with her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech too hout the context of why she was treated in such a way. The story continues with all the things that followed Seneca Falls including women in the Civil War. Kudos to the author for including Union and Confederate women (despite the prevailing ideal of "true womanhood" in the south, women did participate in many of the same activities their northern sisters did). SKip ahead to the 20th-century with Alice Paul and Lucy Stone and the story boldy tells how women struggled to get the vote. It shows women being beaten and imprisoned. Finally, the story ends in present day with "We're still working on it." There are brief biographies of the trailblazers, a list of important dates, selected research sources, websites and an author's note. Points to the author for using the word "Suffragist" and not "Suffragette" which was considered derogatory.
  
  I really disliked the illustrations in this book. The faces of the people looked really weird and their heads seemed too large for their bodies. The illustrator totally got the image of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's reform bloomer costume all wrong. How can kids learn if the illustrator can't get it right? That type of outfit gets a "Holy moly!" response from kids but they learn when they see it that's what women preferred to wear as pants instead of dresses.
  
  This book is for older kids, especially those who participated in the recent Women's Marches across the world. We're still working on it...
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  Sarah W

  This picture book traces the movement toward women's right to vote in the United States.
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  Morgan

  Women rule.
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  Tasha

  This nonfiction picture book looks at all of the women critical to the suffrage movement in the United States. From Abigail Adam’s plea in 1776 for her husband to “remember the ladies” to Sojourner Truth’s attendance at a meeting to remind the white women of the movement that African-American women deserved the vote too, this book looks at the many voices of the movement with a particular focus on Elizabeth Cady Stanton who started the called on women in the mid-1800’s to fight for the right to vote. It is a dynamic book that will remind young readers that the right of women to vote in our country only happened in 1920.
  
  Rappaport captures the tremendous tenacity that it took for women to fight actively for the right to vote for nearly 75 years. Moving in a vibrant way from one historical figure to another, Rappaport highlights not just those who were suffragists but also women who broke female stereotypes by becoming doctors and starting schools where women learned the same subjects men did. This global look at the movement demonstrates the number of ways it took to get changes made that would allow women to voice their own opinions through elections.
  
  The illustrations have a humorous quality to them with near-caricatures of each of the women. There is a feel of a political cartoon to them which is particularly appealing given the subject matter. Their bright colors also help show the passion of the women and their drive to make change.
  
  A great addition to public libraries, this book offers a neat package showing the full history for women’s right to vote. Appropriate for ages 7-10.
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  Lizzy

  This book is a beautiful look at the suffrage movement, and a good introduction to its implications today. Providing a basic overview of key figures and key moments, the book includes quotes from women like Abigail Adams and Sojourner Truth. Highlighting women from NAWSA (and its origins, NWSA and AWSA) and the NWP and featuring fabulous illustrations, it gives the poignant and powerful basics of this piece of history in an effective and clear way - it is neither sanitized (highlighting racism and police brutality) nor disturbing (force feeding is left out, as are details of events such as the Night of Terror.) A great discussion starter.
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  Paula

  Spectacular art, good stories. Minus one star only because once again the role of African American suffragists (except for Sojourner Truth) is barely mentioned.
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  Ms. Tongate, TLC Librarian

  A picture book packed full of facts on the history of women's right to vote. Too busy to read aloud, but a very informative text for research, even for secondary.
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  Dana

  Excellent book for children chronicling the history of women's fight for the right to vote in the US.
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  Makayla Hubble

  Great for women's suffrage unit.
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  Maryann

  Great picture book about the suffragists. Reminds me of the all the marches and protests going on today. Keep fighting ladies!
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  Michelle Moore

  3-6 Book
  
  Robbins, D. (2016). Susan b. anthony and frederick douglass: Two friends. Orchard Books. New York, NY
  
  Rationale:
  Elizabeth Started All the Trouble was an awesome book about all the women that came together to fight against women's suffrage. This would go well in a unit about voting, civil rights and colonists. I looked online and it did say that the book was for a 3.8 grade level, but I feel like this would be a better fit for 3-6 grades because many of the ideas and concepts would be too difficult for younger students to understand, such as gaining independence from Great Britain, revolutions, delegates and war. Even I learned some information about how brutal these women were treated. In the book it also discussed how Elizabeth Cady Stanton started the movement for women to have equal rights. At one point, it talks about how she worked with Susan B. Anthony and went around the country. In Two Friends, the author imagines what a conversation between Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglass would be like. They both fought for equal rights and supported each other. This could allow for some fun writing activities between people in history, while incorporating true facts. Both books contain author's notes about what was happening in history at that time. Elizabeth Started All the Trouble also includes notes on key people.
  
  Text Features Found:
  Elizabeth Started All the Trouble contains: Illustrations, timeline, sources/resources
  
  Text Structure:
  Sequence of woman's suffrage.
  Description of what was happening
  Compare and Contrast of what was happening for African American/Black voters and for women voters.
  
  Strategy Application:
  Webbing-Students can identify key words that explain what suffrage means based on both of these books.
  Compare and Contrast-History for fighting for women's rights and fighting for African American/Black rights.
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  Jana

  This is a great nonfiction picture book! This book is highly engaging and very informative. I don't think we teach enough about how women have fought for equality and one of the most basic rights, the right to vote. A lot of kids and grown-ups take these rights for granted. When politicians accuse someone of "playing the woman card" we should remember that the rights we enjoy didn't come easily. This well-researched book lays out just how long it took from our birth as a nation to equality for women. It also discusses many of the other laws that were unfair to women: women couldn't go to college, women couldn't own property, women couldn't become doctors, lawyers, or ministers. The illustrations are colorful and detailed and really support the text very well. There's also a great list of resources for further research. I would love to order this book to be in my classroom library for next year.
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  Brea Garris

  This book is by far one of my favorite books. It is a great read for upper-grade level students. The illustrations are well drawn and keep the reader interested the whole way through. It provides clarification of key terms for the reader and also incorporates a timeline in the back of the reading. This read is excellent to have in your social studies classroom.
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  Becky

  
  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
  
  Czajak, Paul. (2015). Monster Needs Your Vote. Minneapolis, MN. Mighty Media Press.
  
  Elizabeth Started All the Trouble shares the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and many others in their fight to bring equality to women, primarily on the voting process. This is a narrative picture book with established sequence of events, cause and effect within the text structure. I would introduce the campaigning and voting process with Monster Needs Your Vote. We would solidify current knowledge and questions of this topic with a K-W-L chart. Next, we would read Elizabeth Started All the Trouble. This story is rich in content-specific vocabulary such as election, politician, revolution, suffrage. The concept of women not being able to vote will also need some background explanation to put the story into context. Because of the complexity of the issue and the vocabulary, I would use this book with intermediate students.
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  Ellie

  This book was just right for a 2nd-4th grader, clearly shared the narrative while keeping facts in line, and the illustrations were great and positively added to the story.
  
  Friends, this is an important book.
  
  Earlier this year while listening to coverage of the DNC, I teared up hearing a woman delegate from Arizona, who is older than her own right to vote, cast a her delegate votes for Hillary Clinton. When that woman was born, no one of her gender could legally vote in the United States, and she was able to publicly cast votes for the first woman chosen to run for president on a major political party ticket. I think it's too easy to take womens' right to vote for granted and to forget that this was a huge thing that had to be fought for, and if we don't share this story with our kids, we run the risk of stopping progress in its tracks.
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  Gianna Petrillo

  1. 4th-6th grade
  2. This book is about the life of Elizabeth and her journey to making a change. This book is about the inequality between men and woman, and woman fighting for their right to vote, go to college, and just be important. This book is extremely inspiring.
  3. I think students would like reading this book because it shows how far woman have come from inequality. Even though it takes place from a time period students can not even imagine, it still does a great job of making the reader feel the fight that these woman were pushing for. I really enjoyed this book and I think students would too.
  4. I would only use this book for a unit on Woman's rights and how we got them, even though it is a fiction book, it still does a great job or emphasizing the issues during this movement.
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  Samantha

  A brief history of women's rights specifically focused on woman obtaining the legal right to vote. The writing is well suited to the intended audience and doesn't shy away from the brutality the brave women who made history faced, though acts of violence are not described in gory details. Text also does a great job of incorporating important historical quotes such as Abigail Adams' reminder to her husband: "Remember the ladies!"
  
  The artwork reminds me of political cartoons/caricatures in the best way. Back matter includes brief bios on the woman appearing in text, important dates, selected research sources, websites, and an author's note.
  
  Great for use in the classroom or for personal use. Recommended for grades 4-8+.
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  Megan Smith

  An engaging story with great illustrations that spans from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to women winning the vote in 1920, with other historical cameos. The first page starts with Abigail Adams chiding John to, "Remember the ladies!" and that women should be included in the foundational laws of the newly formed United States, or they will start their own revolution. The narrative then introduces Elizabeth and Lucretia Mott as abolitionists, then moves on to Susan B. Anthony and other trailblazing women doing "unlady like" things--like becoming doctors, starting educational institutions, and fighting for the vote. The story includes lots of historical events but doesn't feel overwhelming, and could be a great jumping-off point for learning about other social justice issues.
  
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  Thomas Andrikus

  A quick read that shows the inspirational struggles of women in USA from 18th century until 20th century until they gained the right to vote. If only we could have Bernie Sanders or even Jill Stein elected into power to continue the struggle towards achieving more equality between men and women.
  
  I think it is too bad that now we are stuck with Hillary Clinton who will definitely tarnish the image of women's progress in America, as her and her husband's policies have hurt millions of women across the country financially with their welfare reform in mid-1990s.
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  Donna Nix

  Funny, I should stumble across this picture book the day after the 2016 presidential election. Yesterday there were pictures and video showing people (both men and women) putting their "I voted" stickers on Susan B. Anthony's grave. Although the title of this book suggests that Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the heroine of the women's suffrage movement, the book itself shows that the fight was carried by many women over a 72 year period. Excellent writing and illustrations bring this important piece of American history to life for young readers.