The Taxing Case of the Cows
A True Story About Suffrage
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 25, 2010
Almost 100 years after the American Revolution, Abby and Julia Smith were fighting against taxation without representation.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in the history of women's suffrage
- Themes
- Women's suffrage, Taxation without representation, Resistance to unfair taxation
- Genres
- Social Activist Biographies for Kids, Biographies of Women for Kids, 19th Century U.S.
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Almost 100 years after the American Revolution, Abby and Julia Smith were fighting against taxation without representation. Women hadn't been given the vote, and the Smith sisters refused to pay an unfair property tax that they had no voice in establishing. When the authorities confiscated their cows, the Smiths bought them back at auction, thus paying what they owed without paying their taxes.
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The cows were seized at tax time for a number of years, and the Smiths's stand attracted the attention of women's suffrage supporters across the country. Lively, carefully researched illustrations bring this historical episode vividly to life.
Where it sits
| 19th Century U.S. | 46% |
|---|---|
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 38% |
| Social Activist Biographies for Kids | 34% |
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Publisher categories
- History of Education
- Farm Animals
- Baby Animals
- Historical Biographies for Kids
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- Social Activist Biographies for Kids
- Biographies of Women for Kids
- Siblings
- Girls & Young Women
- Authors
- Pegi Deitz Shea, Iris Van Rynbach
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 25, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Women's suffrage · Taxation without representation · Resistance to unfair taxation
- Reading lane
- History of Education