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2) Pelosi
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The first biography of the Speaker of the House in a decade, Ball's portrait shows Pelosi through a thoroughly modern lens, based on exclusive interviews with the Speaker and deep background reporting. Since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, much of the party and the country have suddenly decided that Nancy Pelosi is not the synthesis of everything wrong, outdated, and out of touch in the Democratic Party. Suddenly,...
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2017.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference,...
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Tulsi Gabbard was the rising star of the Democrat Party. But the growing wokeness, fomenting racism, and intolerance were more than she could stomach, and she left. This is her story and a call to action to Americans who love our country and cherish peace and freedom-- Publisher description.
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[2021]
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In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about Kamala Harris. Learn about her background and career path that led her from California politics to being the first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president. Detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video combined with on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce...
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"The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker--how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance."-- Publisher description.
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A chronicle of the Massachusetts senator's two-decade career in Washington describes her childhood pursuit of an education, early exposure to the dysfunctional political process, high-risk advocacy of better bankruptcy laws and competitive run for public office.
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2019.
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"From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in [this book] a master...
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"There's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of a single mother, a no-nonsense cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better education. She and her husband, an accomplished economist from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five. The Kamala Harris the public knows today is tough, smart, quick-witted,...
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2020.
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"A picture biography of educator and politician Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 was the first Black woman elected to Congress and in 1972 was the first Black candidate from a major political party (the Democratic party) to run for the United States presidency. An afterword with additional information, photographs, and source lists are included"-- Provided by publisher.
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Black History Month - Children
Women's History Month - Children
Women's History Month - More Titles for Children
Women's History Month - Children
Women's History Month - More Titles for Children
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"Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Persist
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The inspiring, influential senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation.
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2020.
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children
Black History Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Women's History Month - More Titles for Children
Black History Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Women's History Month - More Titles for Children
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"The first-ever picture book biography on Senator Kamala Harris"-- Provided by publisher.
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2024.
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"Shirley Chisholm showed interest in politics early on, majoring in sociology at Brooklyn College in New York City. During this time she was awarded for her debate skills, became a champion for inclusion in the Harriet Tubman Society, and graduated cum laude. She dedicated much of her career to fighting for the rights of Black people and women, eventually becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968. Remarkably, Shirley represented...
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[2022]
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"Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an 'unbought and unbossed' firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change. Anastasia C. Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life"--...
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In the 1950s, it was a mans world. Girls werent supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious. Even though, deep inside, they may have felt that way. And then along came Hillary. Brave, brilliant, and unstoppable, she was out to change the world. They said a woman couldnt be a mother and a lawyer. Hillary was both. They said a woman shouldnt be too strong or too smart. Hillary was fearlessly herself. It didnt matter...
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