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Shaking things up : 14 young women who changed the world /

Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women, each paired with a noteworthy female artist, to the next generation of activists, trailblazers and rabblerousers. From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent wom...

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Main Author: Hood, Susan, 1954- (Author)
Other Authors: Alko, Selina (Illustrator), Blackall, Sophie (Illustrator), Brown, Lisa, 1972- (Illustrator), Hooper, Hadley (Illustrator), Martin, Emily Winfield (Illustrator), Mora, Oge (Illustrator), Morstad, Julie (Illustrator), Palacios, Sara (Illustrator), Pham, LeUyen (Illustrator), Robinson, Erin K. (Erin Kathleen), 1981- (Illustrator), Roxas, Isabel (Illustrator), Strickland, Shadra (Illustrator), Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women heroes > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > History > Juvenile literature.
Young women > History > Juvenile literature.
Social role > Juvenile literature.
Feminist criticism > Juvenile literature.
Self-realization > Juvenile literature.
Women > History.
Young women > History.
Social role.
Feminist criticism.
Self-realization.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Social Activists.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Girls & Women.
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Summary:Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women, each paired with a noteworthy female artist, to the next generation of activists, trailblazers and rabblerousers. From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history. In this book, you will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a prehistoric fossil. You'll meet Ruby Bridges, the brave six-year-old who helped end segregation in the South. And Maya Lin, who at twenty-one won a competition to create a war memorial, and then had to appear before Congress to defend her right to create. And those are just a few of the young women included in this book. Readers will also hear about Molly Williams, Annette Kellerman, Nellie Bly, Pura Belprè, Frida Kahlo, Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne, Frances Moore Lappè, Mae Jemison, Angela Zhang and Malala Yousafzai, all whose stories will enthrall and inspire. This book was written, illustrated, edited and designed by women. With artwork by notable artists including Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland and Melissa Sweet.
Physical Description:40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-39).
ISBN:9780062699459
0062699458