Summer Storytime

Book: The Taxing Case of the Cows by Iris Van Rynbach and Pegi Deitz Shea

Almost 100 years after the American Revolution, Abby and Julia Smith were fighting against taxation without representation. Women hadn’t been given the vote, and the Smith sisters 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, thus paying what they owed without paying their taxes. The cows were seized at tax time for a number of years, and the Smiths’s stand attracted the attention of women’s suffrage supporters across the country.

This book is good for ages 5-9. This program is free and does not require registration.