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Summary: "A recounting of protests throughout American history that have shaped our nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.48 KLUClinton, Chelsea
Summary: "An abridged board book version of the She Persisted picture book about 13 American women who made a difference in the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD CLILong, Michael G.
Summary: "Kids have always been on the front lines of the fights for justice. From marches protesting child labor to the student strike that helped build the case for Brown v. Board of Education to modern-day March for Our Lives and the Climate Strike, 'Kids on the March' tells the empowering story of children and teens throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first century rallying to fight for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 320.083 LONRubin, Susan Goldman
Summary: For over 200 years, people have marched, gone to jail, risked their lives, and even died trying to get the right to vote in the United States. Others, hungry to acquire or hold onto power, have gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent people from casting ballets or outright stolen votes and sometimes entire elections. Perfect for students who want to know more about voting rights, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 RUBBlashfield, Jean F.
Summary: An examination of the history of slavery in the United States, covering the slave trade, the life of a slave, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 BLAHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: Chronicles the women's rights movement in the United States, from the beginning of the movement in the nineteenth century and the fight for equal rights in the 1960s to such present-day events as the Women's March in 2017.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 HOPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social What HopkinsonBurgan, Michael.
Summary: Enhanced by primary documents, period photographs, and timelines, provides an introduction to the lives of America's newsboys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 331.318 BURBurgess, Matthew
Summary: Truly devoted to the idea of public art, Haring created murals wherever he went. Often seen drawing in white chalk on the matte black paper of unused advertising space in the subway, Haring's iconic pop art and graffiti-like style transformed the New York City underground in the 1980s. A member of the LGBTQ community, Haring died tragically at the age of thirty-one from AIDS-related...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARRodriguez, Janel
Summary: "Series continuation, biographies of women in history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 RODDe Capua, Sarah
Summary: Briefly describes the accomplishments of American abolitionists from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries as they struggled to end slavery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 326.8 DE CChevat, Richie
Summary: "Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future.The storieshe shares include those of: Thomas Morton, who celebrated same-sex love in Boston's Puritan community in the 1620s; Albert D.J. Cashier, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.7 CHERoberts, David
Summary: Imprisonment, hunger strikes, suffrajitsu -- the decades-long fight for women's right to vote was at times a ferocious one. Acclaimed artist David Roberts gives these important, socially transformative times their due in a colorfully illustrated history that includes many of the important faces of the movement in portraiture and scenes that both dignify and enliven. He has created a timely and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROBConkling, Winifred
Summary: On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost eighty-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights. In this expansive yet personal volume, author Winifred Conkling covers not only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 ConCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 973 CONHubbard, Ben
Contents: Introduction -- Elizabeth Fry -- Florence Nightingale -- Sarah G. Bagley -- Mother Jones -- Summary -- Other important figures -- Women in the industrial revolution : timeline -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist Wom HubbaHenderson, Leah
Summary: "For generations, marches have been an invaluable tool for bringing about social change. People have used their voices, the words on their signs, and the strength in their numbers to combat inequality, oppression, and discrimination. They march to call attention to these wrongs and demand change and action, from a local to a global scale. Whether demanding protective laws or advocating for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.48 HENEdwards, Judith.
Summary: Slaves rebelled and sometimes ran away from their plantations. Abolitionists battled to win victories in Congress to help free the slaves but the actions of both slaves and abolitionists helped lead to Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 326.8 EDWAnderson, Carol (Carol Elaine)
Summary: "This ... young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Crow laws; the promise of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323 ANDCooper, Ilene
Summary: Tracing the period between the women's suffrage movement through the results of the 2018 election, an updated chronicle of women's contributions to politics in the United States features archival photographs and portraits of such luminaries as Nancy Pelosi, Patsy Mink, Shirley Chisholm and newcomers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 320.082 COOAlexander, Kwame
Summary: From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament to the resilience of the African American community, this book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE ALEFord, Carin T.
Summary: Explains the early plight of the slaves and their run for freedom during and after the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7115 FORPeabody, Erin.
Summary: "The summer of 1871, a team of thirty-two men set out on the first scientific expedition across Yellowstone. Through uncharted territory, some of the day's most renowned scientists and artists explored, sampled, sketched, and photographed the region's breathtaking wonders--from its white-capped mountain vistas and thundering falls to its burping mud pots and cauldrons of molten magma. At the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 978 PEAMoore, Kate
Summary: "Now adapted for young readers! The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the "wonder drug" radium and their struggle for justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks eXplore 2020
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Summary: "As a young girl, Florence Merriam Bailey fell in love with the outdoors, especially birds, whose songs and flight captivated her. She listened, waited, and watched to better understand her feathered friends, and wrote many books, including one of the first field guides to American birds. Her work ultimately led to better protection for birds and to the scientific study of birds in nature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Envi D'AquinoWalker, Cameron
Summary: "Divided into eight chapters covering the breadth of the US, pictographic maps locate each of the monuments explored, while double-page, poster-worthy scenes convey the beauty of the areas featured. Monuments covered include Statue of Liberty, Stonewall, Katahdin, the National Mall, Forts of the East, Jewel Cave, Pipestone, Pullman, Grand-Staircase Escalante, Chiricahua National Monument,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of the Quarto Group 2023