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A Voice from the Wilderness
The Story of Anna Howard Shaw
By Brown, Don
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61808-362-6
- Publisher
- Houghton
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2001
Gr 1-4 Brown hones in on a little-known figure. The book focuses on Shaw's tumultuous childhood and young adulthood marked by her long, stormy journey from England to Massachusetts in 1851, hardscrabble pioneering days in the Michigan woods when she was 12, self-education, and college and medical school. The fact that she was a trailblazer for women's rights i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2001
Sidestepping the better-known Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Brown settles his attention on Anna Howard Shaw, a pioneer for women's suffrage. As with his previous picture-book biographies, Brown concentrates on his subject's childhood years. Brown knows his youthful audience—they will appreciate hearing how the young Anna tried to eat her first banana unpeeled and how she went fishing using the wires from her hoop skirt. Simply yet respectfully, Brown speaks to his young audience...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
