Born Reading : : 20 Stories of Women Reading Their way Into History

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Call Number: Y 920.72 Kr, Kids Book / Nonfiction / Biography / General / Born reading
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Cleopatra lives in the library: Cleopatra (69-30 BC) -- Wu gets ahead: Wu Zetian (624-705) -- Elizabeth rules the day: Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) -- Juana reads in secret: Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) -- Phillis uses her voice: Phillis Wheatley Peters (1753-1784) -- E. Pauline takes the stage: E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) -- Chien-Shiung breaks barriers: Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) -- Indira learns from letters: Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) -- Shirley blazes trails: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) --Patsy pushes back: Patsy Mink (1927-2002) --Audre refuses to be silent: Audre Lorde (1934-1992) --Temple thinks in pictures: Temple Grandin (1947- ) -- Sally reaches for the stars: Sally Ride (1951-2012) -- Oprah influences America: Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) -- Sonia solves mysteries: Sonia Sotomayor (1954- ) -- Serena rises up: Serena Williams (1981- ) -- Taylor shakes it off: Taylor Swift (1989- ) --Malala doesn't back down: Malala Yousafzai (1997- ) --Amanda climbs hills: Amanda Gorman (1998- ) -- Marley gets it done: Marley Dias (2005- ) -- Epilogue: Kathy reads on the job: Kathleen Krull (1952-2021) -- Feminist fun facts -- More girls with books -- Activities to keep reading.
"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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