A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington D.C., 1917
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A Time For Courage

The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington D.C., 1917

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Kathryn Lasky
Kathryn Lasky
2001 • 228 pages

A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.

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Dear America is a 39-book series with 39 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Kathryn Lasky, Kristiana Gregory, and Barry Denenberg.

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