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English
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A fictional portrait that follows the life of the founder of Planned Parenthood. The daughter of a hard-drinking, smooth-tongued free thinker and a mother worn down by thirteen children, Margaret Sanger vowed her life would be different. Trained as a nurse, she eventually channeled her energy to one singular cause: legalizing contraception.
Series
People who dare volume 1
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
xiv, 369 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
3) Choices
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true."--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
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Language
English
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Description
Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
As a child growing up in Australia, Annette Kellerman was a frail ugly duckling who dreamed of becoming a graceful ballerina. With courage and determination, she confronted a crippling illness to become an internationally known record-setting athlete who revolutionized the sport of swimming for women, a movie star who invented water ballet, and a fashion revolutionary who modernized the swimsuit.
Publisher
Rebel Girls
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 240 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Each captivating story is told in Rebel Girls' signature fairy tale style and paired with a bold, full-page portrait. Young writers, editors, and arists from all over the world contributed to this book, making it by, for, and about young women today."--
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 188 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The White House correspondent reflects on 2020 and the unprecedented role of African American women in helping to uphold democracy and recalls her own personal journey from working-class Baltimore to the pinnacle of her profession.
18) Malala Yousafzai
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Malala Yousafzai always knew she wanted to become a doctor someday. But a new extremist group in her home country of Pakistan wanted to stop girls from going to school. Malala knew what was important, and so she spoke out. Even after she was attacked on a bus for her views, she persisted. Learn about Malala's incredible recovery and her journey to becoming a world-famous advocate of girls' rights and education -- and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hundreds of books have been written about Eleanor Roosevelt, yet, as America's longest-serving first lady, she remains a compelling and elusive figure. Perhaps the most mysterious period of her life began with her decision in 1920 to step away from her duties as the mother of five young children and move downtown to Greenwich Village in New York City, then the epicenter of all forms of transgressive freedom and subversive political activity in America....
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