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Little leaders : bold women in black history
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Physical Description
87 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Audience
Age: 8-12.
Summary
Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped history.
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.
Subjects
- African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > History > Anecdotes > Juvenile literature.
- Heroes > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > History > Anecdotes.
- Heroes > Biography.
- African American women > Biography.
- Women > Biography.