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Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar career are interwoven with an account of RBG’s life - childhood, family, beliefs, education, marriage, legal and judicial career, children, and achievements - and her many faceted personality is captured. The cases described, many involving young people, demonstrate her passionate concern for gender equality, fairness, and our constitutional rights. Notes, bibliography, index.
Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today-role models who are passionate about important issuesA 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....
Kim Jong Il's North Korea, 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by Alison Behnke
Pol Pot's Cambodia, 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by Matthew S Weltig
Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972 to 1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too.
March. Una Cronica de la Lucha Por Los Derechos Civiles de Los Afroamericanos
by John Lewis
Learn more about the men who inspired Hamilton: The Musical in this fascinating look at the historical friends turned revolutionary rivals!In curiously parallel lives, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both orphaned at an early age. Both were brilliant students who attended college--one at Princeton, the other at Columbia--and studied law. Both were young staff officers under General George Washington, and both became war heroes. Politics beckoned them, and each served in the newly formed g...
Now adapted for young readers, Vice President Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life.With her election to the vice presidency, her election to the U.S. Senate, and her position as attorney general of California, Kamala Harris has blazed trails throughout her entire political career. But how did she achieve her goals? What values and influences guided and inspired her along the way?In this young readers edition of Kamala Harris's memoir, we learn...
The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World
by Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Roberts
Do you have a cause you’re passionate about? Take a few tips from the suffragists, who led one of the largest and longest movements in American history. The women’s suffrage movement was decades in the making and came with many harsh setbacks. But it resulted in a permanent victory: women’s right to vote. How did the suffragists do it? One hundred years later, an eye-opening look at their playbook shows that some of their strategies seem oddly familiar. Women’s marches at inauguration time? Ch...
From the bestselling team behind Horrible Histories - a hilarious and equally gory spin-off series delving into the diaries of famous people of the past! It's time to delve into the totally true (sort of) and incredibly intriguing pages of Henry VIII's Secret Diary. First! Terry Deary steps into the mind of one of history's most tyrannical kings, bringing you Henry VIII's thoughts on: the Plague Christmas his...
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
A National Book Award Finalist A Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book A Michael L. Printz Honor Book A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black Panthers—as militant revolutionaries and as human rights advocates working to defend and protect their community. In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers’ community activism, gr...
Saddam Hussein's Iraq, 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by James R. Arnold
Omar Al-Bashir's Sudan, 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by Diana Childress
Daniel Hernandez ayudo a salvar la vida de la congresista Gabrielle Giffords, y la experiencia de su vida es fuente de verdadera inspiracion en estas sentidas memorias en espanol. "Yo no me considero un heroe", dice Daniel Hernandez. "Hice lo que cualquier otra persona debio haber hecho. Heroes son aquellos que dedican toda su vida a ayudar a otros". Cuando Daniel Hernandez tenia veinte anos trabajaba como pasante con la congresista Gabrielle Giffords. El 8 de enero de 2011, durante un evento...
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