In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Nancy B. Kennedy discusses her new middle grade book, Women Win the Vote: 19 for the 19thAmendment. This book features brief biographies of 19 key women who helped pave the way for passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. It is beautifully designed and vividly illustrated by the talented Katy Dockrill. In 2017, one of Nancy’s friends mentioned that the year 2020 would mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. That conversation got Nancy’s creative mind spinning. In 2018, Nancy attended a writer’s conference where she won a pitch-a-palooza contest for her idea about a middle grade book focusing on the women’s suffrage movement. That contest win led her to finding an agent, which led to her finding a publisher. And in February of this year, Nancy’s book was published--just in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Amendment 19. In this episode, Nancy discusses her writing journey, how persistence has been the key to achieving her writing goals, and how any day she gets to write is a great day.
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