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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about Kamala Harris. Explore her background and career path that led her from California politics to being the first woman vice president, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. government, and the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president. detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video reinforce important concepts and make learning fun."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
As little Preena is snatched away from the most gentle woman she has seen in months, she wonders how she will ever again find a way out of the temple, where she is held against her will. How will she find the missionary known as Amy Carmichael, the one who wears a cross and serves a different sort of God? Meanwhile, Amy is also consumed by the awful truth she has learned about the plight of the temple girls.
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Learn all about the amazing life of Eleanor Roosevelt. The answers to questions are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For centuries slavery reigned in parts of America, forcing an entire people into a lifetime of suffering and servitude. Living under the thumb of this oppressive system, young Harriet Tubman prayed ceaselessly that she and her family would be set free. Little did she know, God would use her and her resolute faith in Jesus to rescue not only her own family, but hundreds of other enslaved African-Americans as well.
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This motivational biography outlines how nothing can stand between a girl and her fight for education. Despite an attempt on her life by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai has continued to fight for the rights of children to become educated. As the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her courage and conviction continue to push her to fight for what she believes in. This riveting and inspiring biography tells the story of a young girl...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the principal said NO. When she wanted her teaching license, the New York Board of Education said NO. Judy and people with disabilities everywhere were tired of hearing "NO." In the 1970s, an important disability rights law, Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy and other disability-rights activists fought for "YES!"...
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Ellie Foraker, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team of seamstresses to design the very first spacesuit, no one believes they can succeed--but they're determined to try! This inspiring look at the history of the spacesuit is based on the incredible true story of the team of women who sewed it together for the first moonwalk.
12) Voice of freedom
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The story of Fannie Lou Hamer, who was a champion of civil rights; despite fierce prejudice and abuse, from the 1950s until her death in 1977.
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