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Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts

In 1904, when Harriet Tubman spoke at a Women’s Suffrage Convention, she was introduced by Susan B. Anthony. Here Grimes imagines that the two of them had tea prior to the event, and that they reminisced about their lives and shared stories from their pasts. This device allows the author to share a lot of biographical details and give a good account of each woman’s accomplishments. But what’s especially interesting is the many ways their lives intersected—they were fighting for each other’s causes, of course, but sometimes there was a direct connection, as when Susan B. Anthony’s younger brother Merritt provided shelter to John Brown and his followers, many of whom had been recruited by Harriet Tubman. Each double-page spread has a full-page illustration painted in a distinctive naive style. ©2015 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by Michele Wood

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-14
Age Range: Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10) Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13) Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: 20th Century Activism and Resistance African Americans Girls and Women Historical Fiction Racism Sexism Slavery Voting Rights/Elections
Diversity subject: Black/African

Publishers: Orchard, Scholastic
Publish Year: 2015
Pages: 53
ISBN: 9780439793384

CCBC Location: Fiction, Grimes