ISBN:
9781613730263
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (212 p)
Series Statement:
Women of Action
Parallel Title:
Print version She Takes a Stand : 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Feminism
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Women political activists -- Juvenile literature
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Women social reformers -- Juvenile literature
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Women''s rights -- Juvenile literature
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 Pa
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Searching for Superheroes; Megan Grassell: Ripening a Yellowberry; Part I: Claiming Rights and Respect; Margaret Sanger: "Woman Must Not Accept; She Must Challenge"; Alice Paul: Equal Rights for Women; Maggie Kuhn: Young and Old Together; Sampat Pal Devi: Founding the Gulabi Gang; Dana Edell: Girl Power; Malala Yousafzai: Speaking Out for Girls' Education; Part II: Rising Up Against Greed; Mary Harris "Mother" Jones: The Queen of Agitators; Vandana Shiva: Food and Forests for the People
Description / Table of Contents:
Rigoberta Menchú Tum: Touched by the Hand of DestinyKalpona Akter: Garment Workers in Solidarity; Part III: Rejecting Violence; Jane Addams: Weaving the Safety Net, Joining Hands for Peace; Ida B. Wells: Shining the Light on Lynching; Buffy Sainte-Marie: It Shines Through Her; Judy Baca: Walls That Shout; Leymah Gbowee: Women in White Demand Peace; Resources; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Flip; Back Cover
Note:
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