Born reading : 20 stories of women reading their way into history

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"Once books change their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this collection of 20 biographies"-- Provided by publisher.

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Women Biography Juvenile literature

Women Books and reading History Juvenile literature

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Biographies Personal narratives

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ISBN:

9781665917988
1665917989

Edition:

First edition

Description:

138 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm

Target Audience Note:

008-012
Grades 7-9

Notes:

"A Paul Wiseman book."
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC)
Wu Zetian (624-705)
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695)
Phillis Wheatley Peters (1753-1784)
E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997)
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
Patsy Mink (1927-2002)
Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
Temple Grandin (1947- )
Sally Ride (1951-2012)
Oprah Winfrey (1954- )
Sonia Sotomayor (1954- )
Serena Williams (1981- )
Taylor Swift (1989- )
Malala Yousafzai (1997- )
Amanda Gorman (1998- )
Marley Dias (2005- )
Epilogue: Kathleen Krull (1952-2021)

LCCN:

2022028198

Control Number:

3246410

Other Authors:

Lewis, Aura, illustrator
Loh-Hagan, Virginia, author

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