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Leading the way : women in power / Senator Janet Howell and Theresa Howell ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton ; illustrated by Kylie Akia and Alexandra Bye.

Author/creator Howell, Janet, 1944- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2019]
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionx, 133 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorHowell, Theresa, 1974- author.
Other author/creatorAkia, Kylie, illustrator.
Other author/creatorBye, Alexandra illustrator.
Other author/creatorClinton, Hillary Rodham writer of foreword.
Portion of title Women in power
Contents A guide to power symbols -- Biographies. Bella Abzug ; Abigail Adams ; Madeleine Albright ; Tammy Baldwin ; Mary Mcleod Baldwin ; Hattie Wyatt Caraway ; Soledad Chávez Chacón ; Shirley Chisholm ; Hillary Rodham Clinton ; Elizabeth Dole ; Tammy Duckworth ; Crystal Bird Fauset ; Dianne Feinstein ; Geraldine Ferraro ; Betty Ford ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg ; Ella T. Grasso ; Nikki Haley ; Fannie Lou Hamer ; Kamala Harris ; Patricia Roberts Harris ; Carla Hayden ; Mazie Hirono ; Diane Humetewa ; Kay Bailey Hutchison ; Barbara Jordan ; Clare Booth Luce ; Wilma Mankiller ; Susana Martinez ; Pasty Takemoto Mink ; Carol Moseley Braun ; Alexandria Ocasio-Cotez ; Sandra Day O'Connor ; Nancy Pelosi ; Frances Perkins ; Jennette Rankin ; Condoleezza Rice ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ; Nellie Tayloe Ross ; Susanna Madora Salter ; Lottie Shackleford ; Margaret Chase Smith ; Sonia Sotomayor ; Elizabeth Cady Stanton ; Mary Church Terrell ; Elizabeth Warren ; Ida B. Wells-Barnett ; Edith Wilson ; Victoria Woodhull -- How to stand up, speak out, and make a difference : a take-action guide -- More leaders to discover.
Abstract "In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics -- and inspire readers to make a difference. With foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton."--Amazon.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 115-127) and index.
Interest age level Ages 10-up
Interest grade level Grades 5-12
Audience 1070 Lexile
Genre/formIllustrated works.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2019940095
ISBN9781536208467
ISBN1536208469

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