Leading the Way: Women in Power

Leading the Way: Women in Power

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No. pages:
144 page
Procedures:
24.5 x 28 cm

Leading the Way: Women in Power

Translator:
No. pages: 144 page
Procedures: 24.5 x 28 cm
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. Meet some of the most influential leaders in America, including Jeannette Rankin, who, in 1916, became the first woman elected to Congress; Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress; Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court; and Bella Abzug, who famously declared, “This woman’s place is in the House .