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By Leigh, Anna[2021]., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to open Series Title: Gateway biographiesSummary Note: Explores the life and career of Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. Includes a chronology, resources for further information, and color photographs.
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c2006., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view
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c2005., Dutton Children's Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of portraits, quotations, and biographical sketches of American political activists, writers, and social reformers.
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-- Book of gutsy women :2019., Simon & Schuster Call No: HI-INT 920 ROD Edition: First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them -- women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the toughest resistance imaginable to win victories that have made progress possible for all of us. That is the achievement of each of the women in this book. So how did they do it? The answers are as unique as the women themselves. Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, LGBTQ trailblazer Edie Windsor, and swimmer Diana Nyad kept pushing forward, no matter what. Writers like Rachel Carson and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named something no one had dared talk about before. Historian Mary Beard used wit to open doors that were once closed, and Wangari Maathai, who sparked a movement to plant trees, understood the power of role modeling. Harriet Tubman and Malala Yousafzai looked fear in the face and persevered. Nearly every single one of these women was fiercely optimistic -- they had faith that their actions could make a difference. And they were right. To us, they are all gutsy women -- leaders with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. So in the moments when the long haul seems awfully long, we hope you will draw strength from these stories. We do. Because if history shows one thing, it's that the world needs gutsy women.
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2015., Farrar, Straus, Giroux Call No: WAR Edition: 1st ed., 2015. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion during World War II.
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2015., Adolescent, Farrar, Straus, Giroux Call No: WWII Edition: 1st ed., 2015. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Tells the story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion during World War II.
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2015., Adolescent, Farrar, Straus, Giroux Call No: JNF025130 Edition: 1st ed., 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion during World War II.
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c2012., Morgan Reynolds Pub. Call No: B AUNG SAN S Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's leading pro-democracy leader, discussing the assassination of her father when she was two, her life before she returned to Burma in 1988, her seven years of house arrest, and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: 323.1196 073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Cornerstones of freedomSummary Note: Details African-Americans' struggle for equal rights, from the long battle against segregation to the many attempts to combat discrimination in daily life.
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c2001, Pre-adolescent, Lucent Books Call No: 323.1 196073 009 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Words that changed history
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[2013], Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Women's hall of fame series.Summary Note: Profiles ten past and present women from around the world who impacted the fields of politics, equality, disability, and women's rights. Provides brief biographies and a black-and-white photograph for each woman, and details each one's accomplishments. Features Sojourner Truth, Gloria Steinem, Joan Baez, Temple Grandin, and Shannen Koostachin among others.
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Juvenile Call No: 796.323 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard is one of the NBA's . . . scorers. Learn how he became a superstar and see what he does on and off the court to be the best.
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[2009], Juvenile, Disney-Hyperion Books Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: A biography of First Lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt. Features full-page color illustrations, quotes, and a chronology.
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-- Eleanor's big wordsc2009., Juvenile, Disney/Hyperion Books Call No: 973.917092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, the most socially and politically active -- and controversial -- First Lady America had ever seen. Ambassador, activist, and champion of civil rights, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the soul of America forever. Includes selected quotes from Eleanor's own writings.
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[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 324.6 23 0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and illustrations look at the women who helped lead the fight to vote.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Chicago Review Press Call No: FOOD NF MAH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women of power (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: "[Profiles] fifteen . . . women have made great strides in the field of food, whether it's coming up with meals for astronauts to eat in space, operating a 20-acre farm, hosting a food podcast, or fighting for food rights"--Provided by publisher.
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Ã2011., Harper Perennial Call No: Global Studies Edition: 1st Harper Perennia Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author, a survivor of the commercial sex industry, shares her personal story, and discusses her efforts to help other girls who are victims of sexual exploitation through her nonprofit organization GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services.
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By Guggenheim, Davis Parkes, Walter F. MacDonald, Laurie Newman, Thomas, 1955- Roland, Erich Finton, Greg Johnson, Brian (Film editor) Fuller, Brad (Film editor) Fox Searchlight Pictures Image Nation (Firm) Participant Media National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.) Parkes/MacDonald Productions[2015], 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: 371.822 095491 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
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-- I am still here[2018]., Convergent Books Call No: B Brown Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Channing discusses her own experiences with overt and covert racism, even discussing why her parents named her Austen (so future employers would think she's a white man). Explores the growing racial divide in America and how white, Evangelical are the primary cause.
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Primary Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History maker biographiesSummary Note: This title introduces young readers to John Lewis, best known for his role during the Civil Rights era, for walking alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., and for his work as a congressman. Readers will enjoy learning about Lewis' early years, and his incredible achievements both socially and politically. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
