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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"There's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of single mother, a cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better education. She and her husband, an accomplished economist from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five. The Kamala Harris the public knows is tough, smart, and demanding, and longtime...
Author
Language
English
Description
Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference,...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A picture-book "portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton, a girl who fought to make a difference--and paved the way for women everywhere"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the tragic story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the electorate, no explanation of defeat can begin with anything other than the core problem of Hillary's campaign--the candidate herself. Through deep access to insiders from the top to the bottom...
10) Hard choices
Author
Language
English
Description
Hillary Clinton's candid reflections about the key moments during her time as Secretary of State, as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.
11) Hillary Clinton
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of politician Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Author
Series
Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Influential lawyer, first lady of Arkansas and then the United States, senator for New York, and U.S. Secretary of State--Hillary Clinton has been an influential figure in American politics for over three decades. This biography aimed at the lower elementary market presents Hillary's achievements and policies in a simple, easy-to-grasp manner. If her history proves anything, she'll remain a key political figure in the years to come. Hillary Clinton...
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Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
55 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Chase Smith liked to help people, and she knew she could do that as a member of Congress. She became the first woman to serve in both the House and the Senate, where she supported the space program and more opportunities for women. Her hard work and success helped pave the way for generations of women after her to run for office!"--Jacket
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"Carl Bernstein's stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows us, as nothing else has, the true trajectory of her life and career with its zigzag bursts of risks taken and safety sought. Marshaling all the skills and energy that propelled his history-making Pulitzer Prize reporting on Watergate, Bernstein gives us the most detailed, sophisticated, comprehensive, and revealing account we have had of the complex human being and political meteor...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The mesmerizing story of Hillary Clinton's political rebirth, based on eyewitness accounts from deep inside her inner circle Hillary Clinton's surprising defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary brought her to the nadir of her political career, vanquished by a much younger opponent whose message of change and cutting-edge tech team ran circles around her stodgy campaign. And yet, six years later, she has reemerged as an even more powerful and influential...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life and accomplishments of Belva Lockwood, the first woman to practice law before the Supreme Court and to officially run for the presidency of the United States in 1884 and 1888.
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