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Make trouble : standing up, speaking out, and finding the courage to lead

Make trouble : standing up, speaking out, and finding the courage to lead

Richards, Cecile, author.
Book 2019

Cecile Richards has been fighting for what she believes in ever since she was taken to the principal's office in seventh grade for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietnam War. She had an extraordinary childhood in ultra-conservative Texas, where her father, a civil rights attorney, and her mother, an avid activist and the first female governor of Texas, taught their kids to be troublemakers. From the time Richards was a girl, she had a front...

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ISBN:
9781534451957
Edition:
Young readers edition, First edition / adapted by Ruby Shamir
Description:
244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes:
Adult edition originally published: New York : Touchstone, 2018
Includes index
Contents:
Raised to make trouble
Question authority
It's not the work, it's who you work with
Going for broke in Texas
Don't wait for instructions
Say yes
What would Ann Richards do?
Resilience
If it was easy, someone else would be doing it
Don't let the bastards get you down
All in
On the road again
The resistance is female
Everything you need to know in life, you can learn on a campaign (and other lessons activist kids know)
Epilogue: "Feminist" is not a passive label
Control Number:
2795941
Other Authors:
Peterson, Lauren, author
Shamir, Ruby, author
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