Lead Like a Lady

Lydia Schmidt believes it’s unfair that boys get to have all the fun, take risks, and accomplish great feats while girls have to be prim and proper. It’s for that reason she is an emphatic believer in the woman’s right to vote. Unexpected doors open to Lydia to actually walk out her beliefs and serve in the suffragette movement.

Though it brings her great pride, her stance isn’t always appreciated among her school friends.

Additionally, once war breaks out in Europe, her German heritage is disparaged. In the light of Germany’s war atrocities being revealed in the news, those in America with German names were treated unfairly.

On yet another front, her father is discriminated against in his workplace for his strong stand for unions, as he is voted in as an officer for his chapter.

It is a time of great challenges and difficulties. Will Lydia continue to struggle with her identity? Or will she discover the secret of how to lead like a lady?

1. Opening Credits
2. Chapter 1: The Paper Route
3. Chapter 2: Aunt Frances, the Suffragette
4. Chapter 3: At the Cunninghams’
5. Chapter 4: It’s Hard to be a Lady
6. Chapter 5: The Suffrage Squad
7. Chapter 6: Marching for the Vote
8. Chapter 7: Carl’s Darkroom
9. Chapter 8: Lydia, the Newsboy
10. Chapter 9: Mrs. Clara Ueland
11. Chapter 10: Beware of the Huns
12. Chapter 11: In the Country
13. Chapter 12: The Fund-Raiser
14. Chapter 13: Back to School
15. Chapter 14: The Children’s Canteen
16. Chapter 15: New Clothes
17. Chapter 16: Pay Cuts
18. Chapter 17: The Riot
19. Chapter 18: Negotiations
20. Chapter 19: Making a Difference
21. Closing Credits