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Leading the way : women in power
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"In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty ...
"In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics -- and inspire readers to make a difference. With foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton."--Amazon.
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- Creator
- Senator Janet Howell and Theresa Howell ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton ; illustrated by Kylie Akia and Alexandra Bye
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- English
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- First edition
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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- x, 133 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781536208467, 1536208469
- OCLC
- on1082445173
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-127) and index.
- A guide to power symbols -- Biographies. Bella Abzug ; Abigail Adams ; Madeleine Albright ; Tammy Baldwin ; Mary Mcleod Baldwin ; Hattie Wyatt Caraway ; Soledad Chávez Chacón ; Shirley Chisholm ; Hillary Rodham Clinton ; Elizabeth Dole ; Tammy Duckworth ; Crystal Bird Fauset ; Dianne Feinstein ; Geraldine Ferraro ; Betty Ford ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg ; Ella T. Grasso ; Nikki Haley ; Fannie Lou Hamer ; Kamala Harris ; Patricia Roberts Harris ; Carla Hayden ; Mazie Hirono ; Diane Humetewa ; Kay Bailey Hutchison ; Barbara Jordan ; Clare Booth Luce ; Wilma Mankiller ; Susana Martinez ; Pasty Takemoto Mink ; Carol Moseley Braun ; Alexandria Ocasio-Cotez ; Sandra Day O'Connor ; Nancy Pelosi ; Frances Perkins ; Jennette Rankin ; Condoleezza Rice ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ; Nellie Tayloe Ross ; Susanna Madora Salter ; Lottie Shackleford ; Margaret Chase Smith ; Sonia Sotomayor ; Elizabeth Cady Stanton ; Mary Church Terrell ; Elizabeth Warren ; Ida B. Wells-Barnett ; Edith Wilson ; Victoria Woodhull -- How to stand up, speak out, and make a difference : a take-action guide -- More leaders to discover
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- Women politicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women civic leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women political activists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women politicians -- Biography.
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- Women social reformers -- Biography.
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- Women civic leaders -- Biography.
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- Women political activists -- Biography.
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