Stirling, Jasmine
Summary: "Carrie Chapman Catt mobilized people across the nation to dare to question a woman's right to vote"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CATCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: Before girls wore pants or women were permitted to swim in bathing suits at public beaches, who paved the way for women in sports? And who's breaking new ground today? This anthology introduces 21 trailblazing women who have broken through the boundaries set for female athletes. From basketball slam-dunker Lisa Leslie to tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams, whose father had onlookers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CLICline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "The story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician whose work was critical to the first US space flight"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Written by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, here is her story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHIFarkas, J. M.
Summary: "A lyrical picture book biography about American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay's childhood and the two sisters who inspired her Good things come in threes, like peas like wishes like sisters. Vincent-American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay-began writing andpublishing poetry as a child. She grew up in coastal Maine with her two sisters and plenty of books, music, and nature, but often without...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MILCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "A biography of Claudette Colvin in the She Persisted series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CLICulmo, Kaitlin
Summary: "There's history as it's told, and then there's history as it actually happened. You may think you know the stories behind the world's most well-known, groundbreaking achievements, but To Her Credit is here to make you reevaluate our collective story as it has been written. This book celebrates the stories of women, from ancient times until the 1990s, whose contributions have been overwritten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2023