Winter, Jonah
Summary: Shares information on labor leader Mother Jones and her 1903 Children's Crusade protesting the dangerous conditions endured by child factory workers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JONWinter, Jeanette
Summary: Presents the work of Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager and environmental activist who started the student movement to combat climate change and led a worldwide children's march to challenge world leaders to act on the issue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THUWinter, Jeanette
Summary: "Celebrated picture book biographer Jeanette Winter shares the story of champion tennis players--and sisters--Venus and Serena Williams"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WINWinter, Jeanette
Summary: A biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad and went on to design buildings all over the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Winter 2017Schmidt, Gary D
Summary: Shows how the hardships of slavery, particularly the loss of her family, caused Isabella Baumfree to walk towards freedom, to re-invent herself as Sojourner Truth, and to continue walking to abolish slavery and for other reforms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SOJOURNER TRUTH SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHAdler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLAllen, John
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the famed chemist, from her education at the Sorbonne in Paris to her work in radioactivity and her scientific accolades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CURAdler, David A.
Summary: A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the heroic former slave details how after managing her own escape, Harriet Tubman returned thirteen times to guide other slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, in a portrait that also relates her subsequent contributions as a wartime cook, nurse, spy, and suffragist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUBNorwich, Grace
Summary: As the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, I ruled alone without the help of my husband. I was a powerful and courageous leader, and I passionately loved my people. Much has been written of my beauty, but I was also known for my composure, wit, and strength. I was a queen who was worshipped as a god. I am Cleopatra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014