A Look at the Nineteenth Amendment: Women Win the Right to Vote

A Look at the Nineteenth Amendment: Women Win the Right to Vote
ISBN-10
1598450670
ISBN-13
9781598450675
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2008-08-01
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Author
Helen Koutras Bozonelis

Description

Discusses the history of the women's suffrage amendment, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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