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02566aam a22003858i 4500 001 BF6220E8AC9F11EBAF53C5C920ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210504011201 008 201221s2021 inu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2020057335 020 $a 1684351626 020 $a 9781684351626 (softcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E901.1.H37 $b A4 2021 082 00 $a 352.23/9092 $2 23 100 1 $a Brooks-Bertram, Peggy, $d 1943-, $e editor. $e editor. 245 10 $a Dear Kamala : $b women write to the new Vice President / $c compiled and edited by Peggy Brooks-Bertram. 246 3 $a Women write to the new Vice President 260 $a Bloomington, Indiana : $b Indiana University Press, $c [2021] 263 $a 2104 300 $a 194 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Women of all ages, races, and nations share their hopes, fears, desires, advice, and support with the new Vice President. As the first woman of color elected as the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris broke through many barriers and made history, energizing a host of women who have a lot to say. Seeing a model of themselves filling the second-most-powerful office in the Free World, women from Africa to California, Canada to Florida began writing to the new Vice President. Dear Kamala: Women Write to the New Vice President showcases a selection of these heartfelt and moving letters. Girl Scouts confide their fears for a future ravaged by climate change; a business owner in Harlem offers unflinching advice about the need for real investment in inner cities; civil rights activists share their stories, struggles, and successes over the decades. Filled with moving personal stories and heartbreaking tales of racial injustices suffered, Dear Kamala offers much more than kind words. They represent an offer of support and a call to action for all those who will be at Vice President Harris's side throughout the next four years"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Harris, Kamala, $d 1964- $v Correspondence. 600 10 $a Harris, Kamala, $d 1964- $x Influence. 650 0 $a Fan mail. 650 0 $a African American women $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Vice-Presidents $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2017- 941 $a 2 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063612.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210504013852.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BF6220E8AC9F11EBAF53C5C920ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search