women political activists

Examines the life and work of the Russian emigrant to the United States who attempted to establish a social order based on absolute individual liberty.

Brief biographies of notable women who have contributed significantly to the fields of education, political activism, and religion, from Halide Edib Adivar to Victoria Claflin Woodhull.

Presents a concise biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Gen. Aung San who helped to win the independence of Burma, and describes her work to establish democracy in her nation.

Chronicles the life of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Burma who has spent much of her recent life under house arrest for promoting democracy against the ruling military regime.

Presents a collection of essays that emphasize a broader perspective on social justice and predispositions based on race and gender.

Profiles nineteenth-century women who overcame the disadvantage of being female in order to change the society in which they lived, by promoting temperance, child labor laws, health care, and other causes.

A biography which traces the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese political activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

An autobiography of Auma Obama, sister of President Barack Obama, discussing her childhood in a remote village in Kenya, her life and education in Germany and England, and her relationship with her brother that only began in the 1980s.

The author, a survivor of the commercial sex industry, shares her personal story, and discusses her efforts to help other girls who are victims of sexual exploitation through her nonprofit organization GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services.

Examines the life of Callie House, a woman who was born into slavery in 1861 and later became a laundress in Nashville, focusing on her demand that the U.S. government pay pensions to ex-slaves for centuries of unpaid labor, and discussing the efforts of the Justice Department to stop House and her followers.