Riding Freedom Author:Pam Munoz Ryan Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in an orphanage for boys, which suited her just fine. She didn?t like playing with dolls, she could hold her own in a fight, and she loved to work in the stable. Charlotte had a special way with horses and wanted to spend her life training and riding them on a ranch of her own. — The problem was, as a girl in the mi... more »d-1800s, Charlotte was expected to live a much different life?one without the freedom she dreamed of. But Charlotte was smart and determined, and she figured out a way to live her life the way she wanted.
Charlotte became an expert horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, and the first woman ever to vote. And she did these things at a time when they were outlawed for women. How? With a plan so clever and so secret?almost no one figured it out.« less
Charlotte became a top-notch horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver and the first woman ever to vote. And she did these things when they were all outlawed for women. How? With a plan so clever and so secret--almost no one figured it out.