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Details the inspiration for and history of Emma Lazarus' sonnet which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's plaque.

Offers 12 different views on the fight for gender equality. Each page provides information about what happened during the Women's Rights Movement and how it affected different people.

Presents a short biography on former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth and chronicles her early life on a Dutch plantation in New York and her fight for emancipation and equal rights for all African Americans and women.

"[The author], Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [shares] his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the life of Coretta Scott King, an American civil rights activist, and the wife of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Malala retells her story of speaking out for girls' education rights for chapter book readers"--Provided by publisher.

Profiles the life of educator, government adviser, and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.

A picture biography of Emma Lazarus, the daughter of a well-to-do sugar refiner who began writing poetry at a young age, became an ardent voice on behalf of the oppressed, and wrote the poem that appears on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

A biography of first lady and social reformer Eleanor Roosevelt, discussing her involvement in politics, the fight for women's rights, and the pursuit of world peace.

Tells the story of Sojourner Truth, discussing her childhood as a slave, and looking at her work to secure the rights of all women after she gained her freedom; and includes a timeline.