"Here's a refreshing introduction to a regularly but often dryly cited female 'first'." --The Horn Book

"Stone presents the highly readable and detailed story of a girl who is sure to inspire aspiring young doctors." --School Library Journal

"Staccato text, short and snappy, easy to read yet full of information about both Blackwell and her times." --Booklist, starred review

"A bracing, vivacious account of a pioneering woman." --Kirkus

"[a] smart and lively biography of Elizabeth Blackwell." --Publishers Weekly

"A short, incisive biography. . . . The cameos of action, matched by full-page pictures, make the history accessible. A must for library shelves." --Booklist, starred review on Elizabeth Leads the Way

"This biography brims with upbeat energy as the spirited woman sets out to change the system--an energy amplified by Rebecca Gibbon's bright folk art-styled pictures." --The Washington Post on Elizabeth Leads the Way

"[This book] fires up readers with a portrait of the 19th-century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. . . . The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." --Publishers Weekly on Elizabeth Leads the Way

"Through words and pictures that work together and an emphasis on ideas and personality rather than factoids, this well-conceived introduction is just right for a young audience." --School Library Journal on Elizabeth Leads the Way

"In lively prose well-matched by Gibbon's irrepressible images, Stone tells the story of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. . . . A fine introduction for very young readers to the woman and her key role in American history." --Kirkus Reviews on Elizabeth Leads the Way