One Girl’s Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land

This nonfiction picture book follows Lucy Stone, a nineteenth-century abolitionist and early advocate for women’s rights. As a girl, she lives in a world where public speech belongs largely to men. After hearing a minister condemn women who spoke in public, she resolves to speak when she has something to say. She secretly learns debating and public speaking, then uses those skills in support of women’s rights and the end of slavery. Acrylic-ink and colored-pencil illustrations accompany the account, which also includes back matter.