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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
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"Dolores Huerta saw that the children she taught were coming to school hungry. She realized that their parents needed help. She organized labor unions, led strikes, and formed boycotts to help farm workers fight for the rights they deserved. Learn more about Dolores and her leadership in the labor and civil rights movements"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Fannie Sellins (1872–1919) lived during the Gilded Age of American Industrialization, when the Carnegies and Morgans wore jewels while their laborers wore rags. Fannie dreamed that America could achieve its ideals of equality and justice for all, and she sacrificed her life to help that dream come true. Fannie became a union activist, helping to create St. Louis, Missouri, Local 67 of the United Garment Workers of America. She traveled the nation...
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