Search Results: Returned 10 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 10
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-- Alice Paul & the fight for women's rights[2017]., Adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights Call No: HI-INT B PAU Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Alice Paul reignited the sleepy suffrage moment with dramatic demonstrations and provocative banners. After women won the vote in 1920, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all the laws that discriminated against women unconstitutional. Paul saw another chance to advance women's rights when the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 began moving through Congress. Kops introduces readers to this relatively unknown leader of the women's movement, and the changing times in which she lived.
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-- KareemÃ2017., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: MEMOIR NF ABD Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[The author], Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [shares] his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--Provided by publisher.
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2022., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: B Till-Mobley Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A non-fiction picture book telling the story of Emmet Till, an African American boy brutally lynched and killed in 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who took her pain and sorrow over the murder of her son and made it into a rallying cry for the Civil Rights Movement at the time. Champions and celebrates Mamie's fearlessness and bravery in not letting her son's death be forgotten.
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[2015]., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: B KEL green dot Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ordinary people change the world.Summary Note: "The story of Helen Keller, who learned to read and write despite being deaf and blind, and became an activist who fought for the rights of disabled people"--Provided by publisher.
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2016., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: B 920 Ali Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Presents a true story of how twelve-year-old Caitlin Alifirenka from Pennsylvania became a pen pal with Martin Ganda, who lives in Zimbabwe. Describes how the letters they exchanged changed both of their lives and led to a lifelong friendship.
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[2017], Philomel Books Call No: JNF023000 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher.
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[2015]., Juvenile, Chicago Review Press Call No: HI-INT 320 ROS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today--role models who are passionate about important issues A source of inspiration for young women with strong social convictions, She Takes a Stand highlights 16 extraordinary women who have fought for human rights, civil rights, workers' rights, reproductive/sexual rights, and world peace. Among these are many who have been imprisoned, threatened, or suffered financial hardships for pursuing their missions to change the world for the better. Included are historic heroes such as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and suffragist Alice Paul, along with contemporary figures such as girls-education activist Malala Yousafzai; "Gulabi Gang" founder Sampat Pal Devi, who fights violence against Indian women; and SPARK executive director Dana Edell, who works to end the sexualization of women and girls in the media. Taking a multicultural, multinational perspective, She Takes a Stand spotlights brave women around the world with an emphasis on childhood details, motivations, and life turning points--in many cases gleaned from the author's original interviews--and includes related sidebars, a bibliography, source notes, and a list of organizations young women can explore to get involved in changing their world"--
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2016., Juvenile, Viking Call No: Biography BLY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Combines passages from newspaper articles and archival photographs with narrative to highlight Nellie Bly's accomplishments as a pioneer of investigative journalism. Recounts the ten days she spent as a patient at the New York City Lunatic Asylum, and the article she wrote as a result of her time there.
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-- 10 days a madwoman2016., Viking Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame"--Provided by publisher.
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-- 10 days a madwoman2016., Pre-adolescent, Viking Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF NOY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: "A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame"--Provided by publisher.