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"I could do that," says six-year-old Esther as she watches her mother making tea. Start her own business at the age of nineteen? Why, she could do that, too. But one thing Esther and other women could NOT do was vote. Only men could do that. With lively text and humorous illustrations as full of spirit as Esther herself, this striking picture book biography shows how one girl's gumption propels her through a life filled with challenges until, in 1869, she wins the vote for women in Wyoming Territory – the first time ever in the United States!

6歲的以斯帖看見媽媽在泡茶，她說：「我也會泡茶！」她相信自己有能力做好每件事，因為這樣的自信，她19歲便擁有自己的事業。雖然如此，當時她還是有一件事無法辦到，因為那只有男人才能做，女人不能做，那便是投票。於是以斯貼決定接受這項挑戰。1869年她和先生、小孩一起搬到懷俄明州的小鎮，那個忙碌又混亂的地方充滿槍砲聲和淘金熱，但以斯帖．莫利斯在那裡看見自己的機會來了。經過一番努力，她不但使婦女擁有投票權，也讓自己成為美國歷史上第一位女性法官和地方行政首長，是美國女權運動的開路先鋒。透過真人真實故事，鼓勵孩子不小看自己，敢表達、敢堅持，為夢想目標邁開大步，積極爭取。這本書也激勵大人心中那顆勇敢的心，相信孩子做得到，也相信自己做得到！