I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Sep 6, 2005 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 32 pages

Full of humor and spunk – just like Esther!

 

“I could do that,” says six-year-old Esther as she watches her mother making tea. Start her own business at the age of nineteen? Why, she could do that, too. But one thing Esther and other women could NOT do was vote. Only men could do that.

With lively text and humorous illustrations as full of spirit as Esther herself, this striking picture book biography shows how one girl’s gumption propels her through a life filled with challenges until, in 1869, she wins the vote for women in Wyoming Territory – the first time ever in the United States!

 

I Could Do That! is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

What people are saying

Review: I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

User Review - Goodreads

I think that this book is great for young children. It sends a great and meaningful message to children, especially young girls. The message is that you can do anything, so don't let anyone or ...

Review: I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

User Review  - Julie Slayton - Goodreads

This book is about a girl that realizes that the only thing that women can't do is vote. This talks about how women finally get the chance to vote. I would use this in the classroom to talk about equality, history, and much more!

About the author

Linda Arms White's humorous books include Comes a Wind, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. She lives outside Allenspark, Colorado.

Nancy Carpenter has written and illustrated many books for children, including Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, and Twister by Darleen Bailey Beard. She lives in Brooklyn,
New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote; Melanie Kroupa Books
• Illustrated by: Nancy Carpenter
• Contributor: Linda Arms White
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2005
• ISBN: 0374335273, 9780374335274
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Biographical / United States; Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 19th Century; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century