Little leaders bold women in black history

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Summary

This wonderfully illustrated book introduces listeners of all ages to forty women who changed the world.Featuring forty trailblazing black women in American history, Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories of breaking boundaries and achieving beyond expectations. Illuminating text paired with irresistible illustrations bring to life both iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash. Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things-bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them. The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come.

Contents

Dr. Mae Jemison
Bessie Coleman
Sojourner Truth
Ida B. Wells
Augusta Savage
Wilma Rudolph
Zora Neale Hurston
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Mary Bowser
Harriet Tubman
Florence "FloJo" Joyner
Althea Gibson
Alma Woodsey Thomas.

Additional Information

Subjects	African American women Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Biography Juvenile literature African Americans History Anecdotes Juvenile literature Heroes United States Biography Juvenile literature Geography Reference Multi-Cultural Juvenile Nonfiction Audiobooks.
Publisher	[Place of publication not identified] :Blackstone Audio,2017 Hachette Audio2017
Edition	Unabridged.
Contributors	Miles, Robin, narrator. Turpin, Bahni, narrator. OverDrive, Inc.
Participants/Performers	Read by Robin Miles and Bahni Turpin.
Audience	Age: 8-12.
Language	English
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Format: OverDrive Listen Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook Requires OverDrive app 3.0 (Windows) / 1.0 (Mac) / 1.0 (Windows Mobile)
Description	1 audio file : digital
ISBN	9781549114342 9781478999508
Other	Classic View