Our brave foremothers : celebrating 100 black, brown, Asian, & indigenous women who changed the course of history / Rozella Kennedy ; illustrated by Joelle Avelino.
Ada Blackjack -- Mary Ellen Pleasant -- Rose Fortune -- Pura Belpré -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Kateri Tekakwitha -- Angela Davis -- Chien-Chiung Wu -- Shirley Chisholm -- Kharati Mukherjee -- Bessie Stringfield -- Kalpana Chawla -- Anna May Wong -- Mary Ann Shadd Cary -- Lucy Gonzalez Parsons -- Clara Hale -- Mary Golda Ross -- Felicisima "Ping" Serafica -- Claudette Colvin -- Lili'uokalani -- Mamie "Peanut" Johnson -- Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson -- Lozen -- Clara Brown -- Alice Augusta Ball -- Susan La Flesche Picotte -- Catarina de San Juan -- Kala Bagai -- Marie Laveau -- Marsha P. Johnson -- Emma Ping Lum -- Mary Fields -- Old Elizabeth -- Lydia Mendoza -- Florynce "Flo Kennedy -- Umeko Tsuda -- Etel Adnan -- Martha Louise Morrow Foxx -- Tidye Pickett -- Red Wing -- Ellen Smith Craft -- Mabel Ping-Hua Lee -- Della Irving Hayden -- Sono Osato -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Augusta Savage -- Xue Jinqin -- Sonia Sotomayor -- Katherine Johsnon -- Komako Kimura -- Mary Kaye -- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. Elizabeth Key Grinstead -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Zitkála-`á -- Pauli Murray -- Grace Lee Boggs -- Queen Emma -- Cicely Tyson -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Wilma Mankiller -- Septima Poinsette Clark -- Mary Evans Wilson -- Dorothy Toy -- Bridget "Biddy" Mason -- Bernadita Camacho-Dungca -- Florence Ebersole Finch -- Sojourner Truth -- Phillis Wheatley -- Jovita Idár -- Mimi Jones -- Mary Jane Patterson -- Mitsuye Endo -- Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich -- China Mary -- Maria Montoya Martinez -- Mary Jones -- Charlotte E. Ray -- Sylvia Rivera -- Sue Ko Lee -- Ida B. Wells -- Rebecca Lee Crumpler -- Thelma Garcia Buchholdt -- Zarina Hashmi -- Mary Church Terrell -- Pablita Velarde -- Amelia Boynton Robinson -- Edmonia Lewis -- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft -- Mary Richards -- Sylvia Mendez -- Mary Paik Lee -- Althea Gibson -- Charlotte Forten Grimké -- Tsura Aoki -- Madam C. J. Walker -- Buffalo Calf Road Woman -- Dolores Huerta -- Harriet Tubman -- Yuri Kochiyama.
Summary:
"Inspired by her own foremothers' legacies and the friendships formed throughout her life, Rozella Kennedy centers and celebrates the stories of 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women--both famous and little-known--who changed the course of US history. In the beautiful pages of Our Brave Foremothers, discover an intergenerational, intercultural bouquet of Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women lifted into the significance that they deserve. From Etel Adnan to Mary Jones, Thelma Garcia Buchholdt to Pura Belpré to Zitkála-Sá, here are 100 women of color who left a lasting mark on United States history. Including both famous and little-known names, the thoughtful profiles and detailed portraits of these women herald their achievements and passions. Following each entry is a prompt that asks you to connect your life to theirs, an inspiring way to understand their influence and the power of their stories. To consider on a deeper level the devotedness of Clara Brown, the fearlessness of Jovita Idár, the guts of Grace Lee Boggs, or the selflessness of Martha Louise Morrow Foxx. And to be as brave as we each can be--and then beyond that."--Publisher marketing.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.