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Author:

Porath, Jason, author.

Title:

Tough mothers : amazing stories of history's mightiest matriarchs / Jason Porath.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Dey St.an imprint of William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xii, 244 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

Women--Biography.
Women--History--Anecdotes.
Women heroes--Biography.
Role models--Biography.
Sex role--History--Anecdotes.

Notes:

"A Rejected Princesses book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index. Map on endpapers.

Summary:

Offers examples of real-life matriarchs who gave everything to protect their children and causes, from Sojourner Truth's legal campaign against slavery to Irena Sender's advocacy on behalf of young Holocaust victims.
Porath offers examples of real-life matriarchs who gave everything to protect their children and causes. The women covered range Amanirenas, born 60 BCE in the Kingdom of Kush (the Sudan) to Benazir Bhutto, born 1952 in Pakistan. The book is arranged by maturity level, as some of the stories cover abuse, rape, self-harm, and child loss.

ISBN:

0062796097
9780062796097

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1029739254

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

SDPB094 -- Janesville Public Library (Janesville)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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