SuitabookHeart on Fire
Ann Malaspina
- Reading
- Read the story first, then look together at the amendments and closing documents. Invite your child to notice what each document adds, without assuming it settles every question.
- Themes
- Voting rights and constitutional interpretation: Anthony believes the Fourteenth Amendment allows women to vote; others disagree, and the book includes the text of the Fourteenth and Nineteenth Amendments. The story sets out Anthony's interpretation and the legal opposition she encounters; the reproduced amendments offer context rather than a full account of the debate.
- Civil disobedience and legal consequences: Anthony votes despite restrictions on women's voting and is arrested, tried, found guilty and fined. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- These legal consequences may prompt questions about fairness.