It’s often easy to take the right to vote for granted. I think these days most people (including myself) don’t think about it very frequently. That’s why We Demand The Right To Vote: The Journey to the 19th Amendment is such a great and important book, especially during this day and age because it reminds its readers that change doesn’t happen with a snap of a finger. It takes time, resilience and courage. And that’s exactly what the real-life women in this book had in spades.

This was quite the unexpected book, I must admit. When I read the synopsis and what it was all about I knew it would be right up my alley since I love nonfiction history and art but I hadn’t anticipated it ending up as a five star read (which I don’t easily hand out) but it turned out to be such a beautifully illustrated, engaging and worthwhile book that I couldn’t give it anything other than five stars. It was definitely earned!

I really loved reading about all these amazing women from history that paved the road for American women to be able to have the right to vote today. I knew about a few of them already but the majority of them were unfamiliar to me and I loved reading and learning about what they did. It was also a much more diverse read than I initially thought it would be. For example, the book starts out with the influence of Native American women. I loved this.

Of course I also have to talk about the incredible art. It was really some very gorgeous art and was added at the start of each chapter. There were also various quotes included in the book that I really enjoyed reading.

We Demand The Right To Vote is an insightful and outstanding book where art and history come together to take its readers through American women’s civil rights movement and the journey to the 19th Amendment. You definitely won’t want to miss out on it!

—Stephanie Verhaegan, BookFever Blog