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Language
English
Description
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.
3) Ellen Ochoa
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
5) Ellen Ochoa
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the first Hispanic woman astronaut.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 315 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker chronicles her personal year-long journey to discover the truth about her ancestry through DNA testing, sharing her findings as well as her insights into controversies surrounding modern Latino identity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Ellen Ochoa, history's first Hispanic female astronaut! Follow Ochoa's story as she works at NASA's Ames Research Center while attempting to become an astronaut. Her persistence pays off when she is chosen to be astronaut on her third try! Learn about her accomplishments from her space shuttle missions through her retirement as the director of the Johnson Space Center" --
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An "inspiring memoir, for young readers, about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA." --
10) Mi mundo adorado
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Primera edicioń Vintage Español.
Physical Desc
ix, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
Español
Description
La primera latina y tan sólo la tercera mujer designada a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor se ha convertido en un icono americano contemporáneo. Ahora, con un candor e intimidad nunca antes asumidos por un juez en activo, Sonia nos narra el viaje de su vida -- esde los proyectos del Bronx hasta la corte federal -- en una inspiradora celebración de su extraordinaria determinación y del poder de creer en uno mismo.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
1. edición.
Physical Desc
xv, 212 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
" ... En agosto de 2009, Sonia Sotomayor se convirtió en la primera mujer latina en llegar a lo más alto del sistema judicial norteamericano--'Sonia Sotomayor : una sabia decisión' relata cómo llegó hasta ahí. Criada por una tenaz madre viuda, desde muy joven Sonia sabía que quería ser abogado, pasando las tardes leyendo las novelas de Nancy Drew y ojeando la Enciclopedia Británica. Más adelante conocemos a la Sonia licenicada pos las universidades...
12) Dolores
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century--and she continues to fight to this day, at 87.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Artia Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Hinojosa relates the history of US immigration policy that has brought us to where we are today, as she shares her experience growing up Mexican American on the south side of Chicago. For thirty years she has reported on stories and communities in America that often go ignored by the mainstream media, documenting the existential wasteland of immigration detention camps for news outlets that often challenged her work. As a survivor, a feminist, a citizen,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Silvia's mother called her home to Peru, she knew something finally had to give. A Latinx hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. She was deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child. Her visit to Peru would become a turning point in her life. Silvia started climbing. Something about the brute force required for...
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