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Author:

Howell, Janet, 1944- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

x, 133 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject:

Women politicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women social reformers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women civic leaders--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women political activists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

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

Contents:

Bella Abzug -- Abigail Adams -- Madeleine Albright -- Tammy Baldwin -- Mary Mcleod Baldwin -- Hattie Wyatt Caraway -- Soledad Chavez Chacon -- Shirley Chisholm -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Elizabeth Dole -- Tammy Duckworth -- Crystal Bird Fauset -- Dianne Feinstein -- Geraldine Ferraro -- Betty Ford -- Ruth Bader Gnsburg -- 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-Cortez -- 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.

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.

ISBN:

9781536208467
1536208469

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1082445173

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)