Library's review
This engaging informational text describes how women have participated in our House and Senate over the decades. Given that female representation in government is still low, these representatives’ and senators’ stories are particularly inspiring! Appendices, Bibliography, Websites.
Genres
Publication
Harry N. Abrams (2014), Edition: Illustrated, 144 pages
Description
For the first 128 years of our country's history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress--even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across the U.S. the right to vote. Beginning with the women's suffrage movement and going all the way through the results of the 2012 election, Ilene Cooper deftly covers more than a century of U.S. history in order to highlight the influential and diverse group of female leaders who opened doors for women in politics as well as the nation as a whole.
Awards
Society of Midland Authors Award (Nominee — Children's Nonfiction — 2015)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2014)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
144
Physical description
144 p.; 10 inches
ISBN
1419710362 / 9781419710360
DDC/MDS
320.082 |
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