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Author Leslie, Jay, author.

Title Who did it first? : 50 politicians, activists, and entrepreneurs who revolutionized the world / edited by Alex Hart ; written by Jay Leslie ; illustrated by Nneka Myers.

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J 920 LES    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 LESLIE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 920 LES    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J Biography 920 LES    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 113 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [112]-113).
Contents Thomas Gallaudet -- Sarah Winnemucca -- Susan La Flesche -- Madam C. J. Walker -- Lin Zongsu -- George Shima -- Sirimavo Bandaranaike -- Ed Roberts -- Katharine Graham -- Indira Gandhi -- Thurgood Marshall -- Yvon Chouinard -- Sally Priesand -- Muhammad Yunus -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Steve Jobs -- Benazir Bhutto -- Joan Ganz Cooney -- Patsy Mink -- Althea Garrison -- Nelson Mandela -- Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera -- Shirin Ebadi -- Oprah Winfrey -- Angela Merkel -- Women who ruled : featuring Elisabeth Domitien, Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws, Corazon Aquino, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Edith Cresson, Johanna Sigurðardottir, Roza Otunbayeva, Yingluck Shinawatra -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- Barack Obama -- Ursula Burns -- Tawakkol Karman -- Haben Girma -- Janet Mock -- Young activists : featuring Shawn Deangelo Walton, Shamma bint Suhail Faris Mazrui, Melati and Isabel Wijsen, Halima Aden, Marvia Malik, Yara Shahidi, Jasilyn Charger -- Schuyler Bailar -- Melinda Gates -- Jacinda Ardern -- LeBron James.
Summary "Illustrated book with profiles of the men and women who have revolutionized politics, policy, and activism, with a focus on their accomplishments that were 'firsts' in their fields"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages: 8-12.
Grades: 4-6.
Subject Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Politicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Political activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Businesspeople -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Politicians.
Political activists.
Businesspeople.
Biography. (OCoLC)fst00832149
Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
Political activists. (OCoLC)fst01069192
Politicians. (OCoLC)fst01069915
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Added Author Hart, Alex, editor.
Myers, Nneka, illustrator.
Added Title Fifty politicians, activists, and entrepreneurs who revolutionized the world
ISBN 9781250211729 (hardcover)
1250211727 (hardcover)
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