2021 CDA Book Award Winners

The Colonial Dames of America has named the winners of its 2021 Book Awards. This year marks the 70th year of CDA’s Book Award program. Past President General Audrey Svensson is Chairman of the CDA Book Awards Committee.

Award:

Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

By: H.W. Brands

Basic Books

Citation:

Eleanor

By: David Michaelis

Simon & Schuster

Young Reader:

How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and Their Big Idea

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Illustrated by: Ziyue Chen

Harper Collins