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Author
Publisher
B & H Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savagely speared her husband Jim and his four colleagues. And yet, she stayed in the jungle with her young daughter to minister to the very people who had thrown the spears, demonstrating the power of Christ's forgiveness. The courageous, no-nonsense Elisabeth went on to write dozens of books, host a long-running radio show, and speak at conferences all over...
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
"Descubre c̤mo cuarenta latinas influyentes se convirtieron en las mujeres que hoy celebramos. En esta colecci̤n de biograf̕as cortas de personajes de toda Am̌rica Latina y de Estados Unidos, Juliet Meňndez explora los primeros pasitos con los que estas latinitas iniciaron su camino. Con hermosas ilustraciones, hechas a mano, Meňndez pone en relieve el poder que tienen los suęos de la infancia. Desde la jueza de la Corte Suprema Sonia Sotomayor...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A fresh, unique insider's view of what it's like to be a woman aviator in today's US Navy--from pedicures to parachutes. Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone into fashion or filmmaking, and yet she went on to become an F/A-18 Super Hornet Weapons System Officer. She was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq since 2011, and she was the first...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Journalist, attorney, and star of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York reshapes the cultural landscape of achievement by showing why Black unity is crucial to individual and collective success. Eboni K. Williams knew that an important part of her mission as a media personality would be to unabashedly place Blackness on a pedestal. Williams has long known that Blackness is a rich, expansive place that centers resilience, excellence, beauty, panache,...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times best-selling authors of Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, a bold and brave collection of stories and art about inspiring and accomplished girls who have made positive impacts on the world before the age of 20. You might know the stories of Malala Yousafzai, Anne Frank, Jazz Jennings, and Joan of Arc. But have you heard about Yusra Mardini, a Syrian refugee who swam a sinking boat to shore, saved twenty lives,...
487) Nuestra América: 30 Latinas/Latinos inspiradores que hanforjado la historia de los Estados Unidos
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Description
Celebrate 30 influential Latinas/Latinos/Latinxs in U.S. history with Nuestra Am̌rica, a fully-illustrated anthology from the Smithsonian Latino Center. Nuestra Am̌rica highlights the inspiring stories of thirty Latina/o/xs throughout history and their incredible contributions to the cultural, social, and political character of the United States. The stories in this book cover each figure's cultural background, childhood, and the challenges and...
Author
Series
Good night stories for rebel girls volume 3
Publisher
Rebel Girls / Timbuktu Labs, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Contains one hundred biographies of immigrant women who left their birth countries for a multitude of reasons: some for new opportunities, some out of neccessity. Readers will learn about Madeleine Albright, Asma Khan, Carmen Miranda, Rihanna, and many more. From chefs and surgeons, to musicians and politicians, to champions of judo and chess, these extraordinary figures will inspired girls everywhere to follow their dreams, no matter where they...
Author
Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling-to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. Rana el Kaliouby is a rarity in both the tech world and her native Middle East: a Muslim woman in charge in a field that is still overwhelmingly white and male. Growing up in Egypt and Kuwait, el Kaliouby was raised by a strict father...
491) Una vez fui tú
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Ahora para jóvenes lectores, la periodista ganadora de cuatro premios Emmy y presentadora de Latino USA de NPR, María Hinojosa, cuenta la historia de la inmigración en los Estados Unidos a través de las experiencias de su familia y décadas de hacer reportajes, con lo cual crea un retrato de un país en crisis. María Hinojosa es una periodista ganadora de premios Emmy y la primera latina en fundar una redacción independiente sin fines de lucro...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espąol
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Quiara Alegr̕a Hudes era la nįa de ojos penetrantes que permanec̕a resguardada en las escaleras de la casa de su abuela en el norte de Filadelfia mientras observaba a su familia bailar en su estrecha cocina. Le maravillaban sus t̕as, t̕os y primos, pero viv̕a aterrada por los secretos de la familia y las historias ocultas del barrio--todo esto mientras intentaba encontrar su propia voz entre el mar de lenguajes que la rodeaban, tanto en el...
Author
Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Estos 52 relatos de mujeres brillantes e inspiradoras de todo el mundo, cuentan cómo desafiaron los roles de género e impactaron directamente en la historia de la humanidad, ya sea con sus descubrimientos, su trabajo o su astucia. Con un tono lleno de humor, y casi como un cuento, Mackenzi Lee nos detalla la vida de estas chicas rudas que incluyen entre otras a la legendaria inventora de la seda, la emperadora Xi Ling Shi; a la primera novelista...
Author
Publisher
Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando la madre de Silvia llamó a su hogar en Perú, supo que algo finalmente tenía que ceder. Una heroína latina en el mundo tecnológico machista de élite de Silicon Valley, en privado, pendía de un hilo. Estaba sumida en la agonía del alcoholismo, escondiéndose. su sexualidad por parte de su familia y reprimir los abusos que había sufrido cuando era niña. Su visita a Perú se convertiría en un punto de inflexión en su vida. Silvia comenzó...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes reinventa los cuentos de hadas. Elizabeth I, Coco Chanel, Marie Curie, Frida Kahlo, Serena Williams y otras mujeres extraordinarias narran la aventura de su vida, inspirando a niñas --y no tan niñas-- a soñar en grande y alcanzar sus sueños; además, cuenta con las magníficas ilustraciones de sesenta mujeres artistas de todos los rincones del planeta"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary exquisitely written memoir (of sorts) that looks at race in a fearless, penetrating, honest, true way. ... 'I am black-and brown, too,' writes Emily Bernard. 'Brown is the body I was born into. Black is the body of the stories I tell.' These twelve telltale, connected, deeply personal essays explore, up close, the complexities and paradoxes, the haunting memories and ambushing realities, of growing up black in the South with a family...
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