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is a perfect example why I love children picture books, This books tells a story of Miss Alice Paul, who I am proud to say grew up not to far from where I live now.
She was a Suffragette and worked so hard for our rights, She pushed back at anyone who said women shouldn't vote and wasn't scared to go to jail for what she believed, I as a woman owe her so much and I am so happy I know who she is, This story focus's on before they passed it so women could vote, and how she got President Woodrow Wilson to finally see how important her cause was.
I think this is an important book for everyone but especially little girls, Truly loved this book!
This seemed too oversimplified even for a picture book biography, I feel like the book suffered from having too much breadth but not enough depth, Such as the bit about Alice getting hauled off to jail and how that's just what she hoped would happen, I can see kids wondering WHY would she WANT to go to jail! Is the answer because President Wilson didn't like to think of her in there I think that's much too glossedover.
And story just kind of got off on the wrong foot for me where it focused on Alice's attire and checking on the parade and the dancing and all these "froufrou" kind of things without really explaining any symbolism or significance behind them.
I also felt that it really glossed over what "other problems" President Wilson had to address and why he

finally changed his mind over supporting women's suffrage.


The Author's Note explains that the suffragists didn't win just by convincing Wilson, there was a continued battle with Congress and the state governments.
Still, I would have liked more about Paul herself, I don't feel we got to know much about her personality or uniqueness,




I read a digital ARC of this title from the publisher via Edelweiss, While I do wish it went into a little more detail about how awful Woodrow Wilson actually was, it does summarize the women's suffrage movement well for young audiences.
A lively but rather simplistic portrait of the irrepressible suffragette, I'm disappointed in this book, Alice Paul was much more radical than she is portrayed here, as was her civil disobedience, This book is about one determine woman and how she helped women get the right to vote, This book also gets bonus points for mentioning Harry Burn in the Afterword, I guess my only problem with this book is how the illustrator made Alice Paul look so pretty, Not that the real Alice Paul wasn't pretty, . . if you look up pictures of her, I imagine she was quite fetching in her day, She has really sweet eyes, But in this picture book, she looks much more idealized, Full red lips, huge doe eyes with long eyelashes, a tiny nose, and an hourglass figure, I'm not against any illustrator taking liberties with their subject, but I don't know why Alice Paul couldn't have been portrayed a bit more realistically.
Do the illustrator and publisher think that in order to get kids to pay attention to women's history, the women involved have to live up to today's standards of beauty

End rant.
This is still an important book, The good about this book has already been said, so I'm just going to address the parts that bothered me,

The opening spread, An excited, smiling Paul rushing down the street inspecting floats and dancers because "she wanted to make everything perfect for her parade, " To me, this phrasing makes Paul sound like a party planner and reduces the importance of her undertaking, She was not a young woman checking the details for a party, but an important activist organizing a political protest,

Later, after Paul forms the National Woman's Party and decides to picket the White House, her efforts are described as "making mischief, " Once again, I feel this phrase reduces Paul's actions and makes her seem childish, Would one write of Martin Luther King, Jr, "making mischief" when speaking of nonviolent protest Or could this infantilizing phrase only be used when writing about a woman

I understand that the author is attempting to expose young children to a facet of history of which they might not be aware, and I accept that this means glossing over some of the harsher truths of the story.
I'm okay with acknowledging the arrest of protesters but not the abuse and force feedings, In attempting to make the story appealing to young children, though, I think the author strayed too far to the side of levityand underestimated the understanding of children.
A bit less "making mischief" and more emphasis on the importance of Paul's work and the real struggle she and her fellow suffragists underwent would have been welcome.
This is an entertaining biography for children about sitelinkAlice Paul,

The illustrations, created using watercolor, colored pencil, and other media, are colorful and really complement the narrative, giving the reader a sense of that period in history.


I was fascinated to learn more about this famous suffragist who was arrested protesting at the White House in Washington D, C. and jailed at the Lorton Workhouse, very close to where we live,

This book was selected as one of the books for the sitelinkJuneWomen's Suffrage discussion at the sitelinkPictureBook Club in the Children's Books Group here at Goodreads.
A brief look at Alice Paul a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement, There is a roundness and bounciness to people which reads as feminized I think at some points and Margaret Wilson and Alice Paul looked similar in some pages.
All and all a needed book for American history, Others have said it's simplistic I think I enjoyed it because I didn't know anything about her, and I found her story intriguing,

Curriculum TieIns: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, Margaret Wilson, women's right to vote, campaign When Alice Paul was a child, she saw her father go off to vote while her mother had to stay home.
But why should that be So Alice studied the Constitution and knew that the laws needed to change, But who would change them

She would! In her signature purple hat, Alice organized parades and wrote letters and protested outside the White House.
She even met with President Woodrow Wilson, who told her there were more important issues to worry about than women voting, But nothing was more important to Alice, So she kept at it, and soon President Wilson was persuaded,

Dean Robbins and illustrator Nancy Zhang bring the unsung hero to vivid life and show young voterstobe how important it is to never back down from a cause you believe in! I thought the book was engaging and tells an important story.
However, I do feel like it didn't give enough detail or depth to Paul's life, . . and the tone felt really happy and upbeat for such a serious topic ripe with real challenges, Perhaps some of that was the illustrations, However, hopefully it will encourage young readers to seek additional information about Paul, A highly sanitized version of Alice Paul's story, Most of her radical acts of activism were omitted, her appearance was changed to that of a doeeyed beauty, and the opposition she face especially from Woodrow Wilson was minimized.
While an important subject to cover, the story was oversimplified, And, as I told my daughter when we read the book, one word was left out, When the book says "women" got the right to vote in, it should have said "white women", Picture book about Alice Paul's methods to convince President Woodrow Wilson to make a speech inintroducing an amendment for voting for women, From hosting parades to sending so many letters that a special train was needed to carry them all, to holding up a signed scroll on the capitol steps, for several years Alice and the suffragettes worked to get his attention.
Wilson's daughter becomes influential in getting him to pay attention, and Alice finally got to vote in, Author's note gives rest of story, Bibliography included, but no sources for quotations, Nice art, colorful, cheery watercolors and pencil, Very attractive children's book introducing young people to voting and to the determination of earlyth century women to participate in government, The book provides teaching moments for having strong ideas, leading others, being brave, the effect a daughter can have on a parent, etc, A colorful, brief introduction to Alice Paul, My sonwas stunned to learn that women couldn't vote,

: Fresh of off a viewing of Iron Jawed Angels, this seems a bit disingenuous to suggest that Alice Paul was arrested and softhearted President Wilson just couldn't bear to see her in prison, thus leading to his public endorsement of women's suffrage.
Not a whisper in the text or in the author's note about how he finally acted only after reports of prisoner abuse and forcefeedings, So, a brightly colored, positive introduction for younger readers, but devoid of the more difficult parts of the story, This was super disappointing after reading an Adult Biography about her ongoing battles with Wilson, It was sanitized to a point where the best parts of Alice were stripped away, and made Wilson seem like he quickly got on board with the suffragists.
Delightfully illustrated picture book introduction to Alice Paul and womens suffrage,

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Hello, friends! Today, we read Miss Paul And The President: The Creative Campaign For Womens Right To Vote, written by Dean Robbins and illustrated by Nancy Zhang, a biography that tells the abbreviated story of Alice Paul, noted suffragist and womens rights activist, and her unconventional methods for raising support for womens right to vote.


The day that President Woodrow Wilson arrives in Washington DC to take office, he is expecting huge crowds to greet him, However, as he exits his train, he is shocked to find no one! Instead, spectators have been drawn, either to cheer or boo, Alice Pauls parade for womens suffrage intentionally scheduled for the very same day and time.
A passionate suffragist from a young age, Paul is not above a bit of mischiefmaking and boldness to make herself heard, She organizes letterwriting campaigns, protests, and even a meeting with the president, who dismisses her by saying he has “more important issues, ” But Alice Paul refuses to quit or be silenced, and eventually, President Wilson finds that he can no longer turn a deaf ear to the cries for suffrage.


We had a mostly positive impression of this one, Alice is depicted as a passionate, convicted and wiley political force for womens rights, and she and her story are a great example for young readers.
The illustrations are gorgeous, full of life, color, and personality, The length is fine, and JJ really enjoyed it, However, I was disappointed that more focus was not given to Margaret Wilson, President Wilsons daughter, When the President refuses to read the many letters he receives from Pauls campaigns, Margaret reads them instead, When Paul is arrested for protesting, its Margaret Wilson to stand up to Woodrow and proclaim “Votes for Women, ” While Wilson makes the final play for suffrage, its Margaret who spurs him there, Perhaps this one should have been titled Miss Paul And The Presidents Daughter instead, Still, a lovely book about a wonderful female role model, and definitely Baby Bookworm approved!

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