Starting from Seneca Falls

By Karen Schwabach

In 1848, two girls discover the power of their voices in a fight for women's rights.

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240 pages

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In 1848, Bridie escapes an abusive life to find hope in Seneca Falls, New York. There, she meets Rose, and together they encounter Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who is planning a women's rights convention. As they learn about the possibility of having a voice, Bridie and Rose must decide if they're ready to fight against the injustices they've faced. Will they find the courage to stand up for their rights in a world that has only shown them wrongs?

From the publisher

Celebrate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment with another historical novel about women’s suffrage from the author of The Hope Chest! Bridie’s life has been a series of wrongs. The potato famine in Ireland. Being sent to the poorhouse when her mother’s new job in America didn’t turn out the way they’d hoped. Becoming an orphan. And then there’s the latest wrong–having to work for a family so abusive that Bridie is afraid she won’t survive. So she runs away to Seneca Falls, New York, which in 1848 is a bustling town full of possibility. There, she makes friends with Rose, a girl with her own list of wrongs, but with big dreams, too. Rose helps Bridie get a job with the strangest lady she’s ever met, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stanton is planning a convention to talk about the rights of women. For Bridie and Rose, it’s a new idea, that women and girls could have a voice. But they sure are sick of all the wrongs. Maybe it’s time to fight for their rights!

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