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Author Wolfe, Helen, 1953-2022, author.

Title World shakers : inspiring women activists / Helen Wolfe.

Publication Info. Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2023]
©2023

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J305.4 WOL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 320.082 WOLFE    Check Shelf
Description 112 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Do you know my name?
Do you know my name? (Second Story Press (Toronto, Ont.))
Summary "There were rules that forced Muslim women athletes like Ibtihaj Muhammad to choose between competition and wearing hijab. There were laws that caused Indigenous women like Mary Two-Axe Earley to lose their official First Nations status when they married white men. When there was no law to prevent violence against women, Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi tried to pass one. All of the women here went against the rules, laws, and traditions that surrounded them. Sometimes, they used their voice, like disability rights activist Judy Heumann, and Alicia Garza, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter. Sometimes, they challenged the very way we see ourselves, like plus-size model Olakemi Obi. And sometimes, they led by example, like the STEM-loving Afghan Dreamers, and anti-apartheid politician Pregs Govender. These women, and the others you will find in this book, had the courage to shake the world and make it better for the women who will follow in their footsteps."-- Provided by publisher.
Form Issued also in electronic format.
Subject Women political activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women social reformers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Political activity -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Women political activists. (OCoLC)fst01178374
Women -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst01734136
Women social reformers. (OCoLC)fst01178540
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Added Title Inspiring women activists
Other Form: Online version: Wolfe, Helen, 1953-2022. World shakers. Toronto : Second Story Press, 2023 1772603236 9781772603231 (OCoLC)1350749071
ISBN 9781772603224 (softcover)
1772603228 (softcover)
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