The Big Day
Young Tansy is roused early and hurried through her morning routine on what Big Mama calls a "big day," then accompanies Big Mama as she becomes the first Black woman to cast her vote. Includes historical notes, timeline of the Woman's Suffrage Movement, and a biographical sketch of Agnes Sadler, the first Black woman to vote in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Children's fictionUnited states, historyWomenSuffrageJuvenile fictionAfrican American women suffragistsGrandparent and childFictionAfrican Americans