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[2021]
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English
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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...
8) The truth about Hillary: what she knew, when she knew it, and how far she'll go to become president
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Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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2020.
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Black History Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Women's History - Children
Black History Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Women's History - Children
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"The first-ever picture book biography on Senator Kamala Harris"--
11) Pelosi
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
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much of the party and the country have suddenly decided that Nancy Pelosi is not the synthesis of everything wrong, outdated, and out of touch in the Democratic Party.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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2014.
Language
English
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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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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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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"--
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Written by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, here is her story"--
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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A biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Presents the life and career of Hillary Clinton, discussing her childhood in Illinois, her college and law school years, her life as First Lady, her time as a New York Senator, and her achievements as Secretary of State. --Publisher's description.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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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...
18) What happened
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
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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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A memoir from the United States senator, who "traces her ... life from her upbringing in Hawaii, where [her] family first lived in a single room in a Honolulu boarding house while her mother worked two jobs to keep them afloat; to her emergence as a ... legislator whose determination to help the most vulnerable was grounded in her own experiences of economic insecurity, lack of healthcare access, and family separation. Finally, it chronicles her...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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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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