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American Girl. A girl named seriesPaley, Rebecca
Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. It took a lot of determination, courage, and confidence to become the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party. A Girl Named Hillary tells of the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE PALWiles, Deborah
Summary: "Bobby is the story of Robert F. Kennedy, as told by a grandfather to his grandchild. Born in 1925 into a family of great privilege, Bobby was a prominent American politician and lawyer who learned to use his advantages in life to make a difference."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENMerkley, Jeffrey A.
Summary: "The U.S. Senator from Oregon who is leading the fight to restore the talking filibuster explains how changing just one rule could save our democracy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 328.73 MERSchaller, Thomas F.
Summary: "It's an open secret that voters in smaller, less populous states have more electoral power than their urban counterparts, so why are these same voters the most eager to leave behind democratic principles? In this book, political scientists Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman explore why, with all of this extra influence, these same voters fail to see real benefits, for instance suffering worse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.973 SCHGrimes, Nikki
Summary: "The first-ever picture book biography on Senator Kamala Harris"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARTydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies)
Summary: "Gun control, voting rights, family planning, and environmental protection--these are all hot-button issues today, but they were also the same difficult and intractable issues that Senator Joseph D. Tydings of Maryland faced during his tenure in the Senate in the 1960s. In this timely memoir, Tydings looks back on a life of public service, from the Maryland General Assembly to chief federal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Texas A & M University Press 2018