women social reformers

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.

A finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and longlisted for the National Book Award, The Firebrand and the First Lady is the riveting history, two decades in the making, of how a brilliant writer-turned-activist and the first lady of the United States forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America.

Examines the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and activist Pauli Murray.

Looks at the life of the pioneering feminist and social reformer.

A brief biography of Malala Yousafzai, whose fought for the right for girls to go to school in her native Pakistan despite the fact that doing so put her life in danger.

Offers brief biographies of pioneering feminists Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan, presenting information on their roles in establishing key rights for women in the United States.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton couldn't go to college, become a politician, or even vote. But she didn't let that stop her. She called on women across the nation to stand together and demand to be treated as equal to men - and that included the right to vote.