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The taxing case of the cows : a true story about suffrage /

In the 1800s, Abby and Julia Smith 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, year after year, attracting the attention of women's suffrage supporters across the country.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Rynbach, Iris
Other Authors: Shea, Pegi Deitz, McCully, Emily Arnold (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Subjects:
Women > Suffrage > Connecticut > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Taxation > Connecticut > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Women > Suffrage > Connecticut > History > 19th century.
Taxation > Connecticut > History > 19th century.
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Summary:In the 1800s, Abby and Julia Smith 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, year after year, attracting the attention of women's suffrage supporters across the country.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
ISBN:9780547236315 (hc)
054723631X