women social reformers

Malala Yousafzai is a young woman who nearly lost her life after being shot for speaking out in favor of women’s education in a part of the world where that is still a rarity. Instead of hiding after such a frightening experience, she became even more outspoken in her belief that all girls and women should be able to go to school. Malala’s incredible life story is presented to readers through accessible text, engaging sidebars, and quote boxes featuring Malala’s own words. Full-color photographs and a timeline of her life so far enhance this inspiring reading experience.

Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted.

"As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true"--OCLC.

Chronicles the life of the feminist and suffragist, covering her early life, work towards the abolition of slavery, and death before the Nineteenth Amendment.

Highlights Malala Yousafzai's life and her fight for education for girls in Pakistan. Includes a map, writing prompts, resources for further information, a glossary, and color photographs.

A biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.

Introduces the life of the young female activist and youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate who has championed the female education rights in her native Pakistan.

Malala spoke out for education and was almost killed for standing up for her beliefs, and she continues to work to ensure that every girl around the world has the chance to go to school.

An illustrated biography of Jane Addams, who dedicated her life to helping immigrants to Chicago, Illnois.

Forty years ago, two women's movements drew a line in the sand between liberals and conservatives. The legacy of that rift is still evident today in American politics and social policies.