Tough mothers : amazing stories of history's mightiest matriarchs /
Offers examples of real-life matriarchs who gave everything to protect their children and causes, from Sojourner Truth's legal campaign against slavery to Irena Sender's advocacy on behalf of young Holocaust victims.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Offers examples of real-life matriarchs who gave everything to protect their children and causes, from Sojourner Truth's legal campaign against slavery to Irena Sender's advocacy on behalf of young Holocaust victims. Porath offers examples of real-life matriarchs who gave everything to protect their children and causes. The women covered range Amanirenas, born 60 BCE in the Kingdom of Kush (the Sudan) to Benazir Bhutto, born 1952 in Pakistan. The book is arranged by maturity level, as some of the stories cover abuse, rape, self-harm, and child loss. |
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| Item Description: | "A Rejected Princesses book." Map on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 244 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780062796097 0062796097 |