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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 mid-1800s, Charlotte was expected to live a much different lifeone 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 secretalmost no one figured it out.
The problem was, as a girl in the mid-1800s, Charlotte was expected to live a much different lifeone 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 secretalmost no one figured it out.
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This book is about a girl who has to pretend to be a boy so she can a get a job in stables to survive. During this tale she has to go the extra mile to keep her secret when she becomes a well known carridge driver.
Riding Freedom was a story about a girl,an orphan. Her parents are killed in a accident when she was young.For a wwhile her only friends are a small boy and a horse named freedom.But when freedom dies and the boy is adopted, she decides to leave the orphanage and follow her dreams.
A fictionalized biography of Charlotte Parkhurst - the first woman to vote.
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