We follow her journey as she becomes a suffragette and campaigns for votes for women. The year is 1914 and everything starts for Lizzy when she buys a bicycle from her hard earned cash as an office junior. Definitely, one to have in a class library. The book has already proved very popular with teachers – it was the poetry winner of the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award last year. “Marching Song”, “Suffragette”, “Hunger Strike” and “Fashion Parade” focus on the suffragette movement and would be ideal to use in class. This collection of poems was published in March last year and celebrates the achievements of women and girls throughout history. Reaching the Stars: Poems about Extraordinary Women & Girls Jan Dean, Liz Brownlee & Michaela Morgan Here are some that could be used in the classroom: On the 6 th February 1918, the “Representation of the People Act” received royal assent and passed into law, giving some women in the UK the vote. There have been some fantastic children’s books published recently to mark the centenary of this event.
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