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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes.
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces nineteen Muslim women from all around the world who have found their callings in a vast range of fields, from social justice to competitive sports to the entertainment industry.
14) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares the life of the famous abolitionist, including her early years, how she helped slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad, and her contributions to the Civil War as a scout and nurse.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
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Description
Features female figures of black history, including pilot Bessie Coleman, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash.
Author
Series
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
99 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the poorest neighborhoods in Kenya to the halls of the Canadian Supreme Court, the Jewish women found in these pages have accomplished remarkable feats. Some survived the horrors of the Holocaust while others had more peaceful childhoods, but all of them saw unfairness in their world and decided to do something about it"--
20) Wilma Mankiller
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shows how Wilma Mankiller dedicated her life to helping Native Nations and their citizens reclaim their rights, becoming the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and lists ways readers can follow in her footsteps to make a difference.
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