Imagine You Were There... Winning the Vote for Women

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Imagine you were there... Winning the Vote for Women reveals the stories behind the strong-willed people from around the world who fought for the right to vote. Through stunning photography and beautiful illustrations, bring events from the 19th Century to present day to life. Meet the women, and the men, from every continent who fought both for and against the suffrage movement, and those that are continuing the fight today. From New Zealand in 1894 to Saudi Arabia in 2014, readers will discover the global petitions, the campaigns, the peaceful protests and marches, as well as the extreme measures taken by suffragists and suffragettes in their determination to change history. Collect all the books in the Imagine You Were There... series that celebrates historic events that changed the world and the people who made them happen.

Caryn Jenner writes and edits a variety of books for children of all ages, including both fiction and nonfiction. She is author of Kingfisher's Imagine You Were There series. Her picture book, Starting School, was one of the eight books long-listed for the UK's 2012 School Library Association Information Book Award in the Under 7 age group. Caryn also teaches English to speakers of other languages and volunteers at a local school. She grew up in the United States but has made her home in the UK for many years. Marc Pattenden is a self-taught illustrator from Lewes in England. As an adult he rediscovered his childhood love of doodling, and from there became a full-time digital illustrator, creating colourful engaging work that is full of texture and atmosphere. He gets much of his inspiration from museums, and gallery shows, and his three-year-old son!