The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!

After decades of fighting for women's suffrage, women won the right to vote throughout the United States in 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment.

To celebrate this victory do one of the following options:

A book with MPG "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", or "Manga" may be used.

Option A: Read a book with MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice. These can be stand-alone or embedded. Variations on these MPGs cannot be used.

Option B: Read a book with the word SUFFRAGE or VOTE in the title or subtitle. Variations that maintain the meaning of the word can be used, including plurals and possessives.
Examples: The Voting Booth, Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections, Stories from Suffragette City, Richmond in Ragtime: Socialists, Suffragists, Sex & Murder.

Option C: The first state to allow women to vote was Wyoming, which allowed women to vote before becoming a state in 1890. The last state to ratify the amendment was Tennessee in August 1920.
Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming or Tennessee. REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear from the book's main page, include a reference to establish the setting

Optional:
Watch these music videos remembering the suffragettes/suffragists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcC0h...
https://vimeo.com/109623197
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L13b0...

Please do not post in this thread until it is opened.

You Can Vote - these books work

Option A:
Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries
The Bell Jar
Yes Please

Option B:
Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887 (this meets task requirements, still needs to meet general SRC rule for page count)

Still Marching - these don't work

This thread is now open.

please can i have Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries approved for MPG feminism

Marie (UK) wrote: "please can i have Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries approved for MPG feminism"

Approved

May I please have The Bell Jar approved for a MPG of Feminism? Thanks!

Will this work for option B, even though it's a published congressional debate instead of a book per se?

Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887

Amazon even has it published in paperback at 126 pages! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003YL...

Chandni wrote: "May I please have The Bell Jar approved for a MPG of Feminism? Thanks!"

Verified for Feminism

ForestGardenGal wrote: "Will this work for option B, even though it's a published congressional debate instead of a book per se?

[book:Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congres..."

This is considered a book since it is published as one on Kindle. So it does fit Option B.

However this is only listed on Goodreads as Kindle editions. To meet the SRC requirements for length, you need to either post in the "eBook Verification-no print edition" thread for a moderator to approve the length OR ask a librarian to add the paperback edition with the page count.

Is an mpg of "womens fiction" allowed as a variation of womens?

Meg wrote: "Is an mpg of "womens fiction" allowed as a variation of womens?"

Sorry, no.

The GR page for Women's Fiction says "Women's fiction is an umbrella term for books that are marketed to female readers, and includes many mainstream novels, romantic fiction, "chick lit," and other sub genres. It is distinct from Women's writing, which refers to literature written by (rather than promoted to) women. There exists no comparable label in English for works of fiction that are marketed to males."

This is different from Womens which seems to be used for books concerning women taking action or power.

I will ask the moderators to add that variations of the MPGs are not included.

No problem 😊

Can you please verify feminism? Yes Please

Meg wrote: "Can you please verify feminism? Yes Please"

Verified

Hi! Can I have feminism verified as a MPG for When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill?

Thanks!

Jessica wrote: "Hi! Can I have feminism verified as a MPG for When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill?

Thanks!"

Verified.

Would you accept The Atomic City Girls as set in TN? My library lists Oak Ridge, TN as the setting.

KSMary wrote: "Would you accept The Atomic City Girls as set in TN? My library lists Oak Ridge, TN as the setting."

Yes, that works.
The description on the GR book page says "In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn’t officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months..." and that the book tells what went on there for several characters.