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Author:

Calvert, Jennifer author.

Title:

Teen trailblazers : 30 fearless girls who changed the world before they were 20 / by Susan Hood ; illustrated by Vesna Asanovic.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Castle Point Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

122 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Women heroes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--History--Juvenile literature.
Young women--History--Juvenile literature.
Social role--Juvenile literature.
Feminist criticism--Juvenile literature.
Self-realization--Juvenile literature.
Women--History.
Young women--History.
Social role.
Feminist criticism.
Self-realization.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Activists.--Social Activists.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Women.--Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Girls & Women.
Feminist criticism.
Self-realization.
Social role.
Women.
Women heroes.
Young women.
Young women--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.

Other Authors:

Asanovic, Vesna, illustrator.

Contents:

Introduction -- Cleopatra -- Joan of Arc -- Pocahontas -- Eliza Lucas -- Phillis Wheatley -- Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun -- Sybil Ludington -- Jane Austen -- Sacagawea --Mary Shelley -- Anita Garibaldi -- Margaret Knight -- Anna Elizabeth Dickinson -- Elizabeth Cochran, A.K.A. Nellie Bly -- Mary Pickford -- Frida Kahlo -- Jackie Mitchell -- Anne Frank -- Barbara Johns -- Claudette Colvin -- Elizabeth Eckford -- Susan Eloise Hinton -- Samantha Reed Smith -- Emma Watson -- Tavi Gevinson -- Malala Yousafzai -- Katie Stagliano -- Emma Gonzalez -- Maya Penn -- Jazz Jennings -- About the author and illustrator.

Summary:

This fascinating book features 30 young women who accomplished remarkable things before their twentieth birthdays. Visually compelling with original illustrations, this book will inspire the next generation of strong, fearless women.. -- Amazon.com.

ISBN:

1250200202
9781250200204

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1055162622

Locations:

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)