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Leading the way : women in power / Senator Janet Howell and Theresa Howell ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton ; illustrated by Kylie Akia and Alexandra Bye.

Howell, Janet, 1944- (author.). Howell, Theresa, 1974- (author.). Akia, Kylie, (illustrator.). Bye, Alexandra, (illustrator.). Clinton, Hillary Rodham, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics -- and inspire readers to make a difference. With foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton."--Amazon.

Item details

ISBN: 9781536208467
ISBN: 1536208469
Physical Description: x, 133 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2019.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-127) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A guide to power symbols -- Biographies. Bella Abzug ; Abigail Adams ; Madeleine Albright ; Tammy Baldwin ; Mary Mcleod Baldwin ; Hattie Wyatt Caraway ; Soledad Chávez Chacón ; Shirley Chisholm ; Hillary Rodham Clinton ; Elizabeth Dole ; Tammy Duckworth ; Crystal Bird Fauset ; Dianne Feinstein ; Geraldine Ferraro ; Betty Ford ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg ; Ella T. Grasso ; Nikki Haley ; Fannie Lou Hamer ; Kamala Harris ; Patricia Roberts Harris ; Carla Hayden ; Mazie Hirono ; Diane Humetewa ; Kay Bailey Hutchison ; Barbara Jordan ; Clare Booth Luce ; Wilma Mankiller ; Susana Martinez ; Pasty Takemoto Mink ; Carol Moseley Braun ; Alexandria Ocasio-Cotez ; Sandra Day O'Connor ; Nancy Pelosi ; Frances Perkins ; Jennette Rankin ; Condoleezza Rice ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ; Nellie Tayloe Ross ; Susanna Madora Salter ; Lottie Shackleford ; Margaret Chase Smith ; Sonia Sotomayor ; Elizabeth Cady Stanton ; Mary Church Terrell ; Elizabeth Warren ; Ida B. Wells-Barnett ; Edith Wilson ; Victoria Woodhull -- How to stand up, speak out, and make a difference : a take-action guide -- More leaders to discover.

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