Maye's March for Women's Votes

Vera Maye Shipps is a 19-year old trombone player who yearns to do something important to fight for womens voting rights. Theres not much opportunity in the rural area where she lives. But then as a member of the Missouri Ladies Military Band she is invited to travel 1000 miles by train to lead a 1913 suffrage parade in Washington D.C. When the parade route is blocked by a group of men Maye and the other band members must act fast to stir the course of history. This narrative nonfiction book is based on real people and a real event. Maye kept a diary of her trip.