women social reformers

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.

Presents a brief profile of Jane Addams, who began a settlement house in Chicago in 1889 in order to provide help to the poor.

An illustrated 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.

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.

Jane Addams always wanted to "find a way to fix the world." In 1889, she founded Hull House, a settlement house in a poor area of Chicago, and helped countless people.

Presents a biography of Malala Yousafzai, offering information about her childhood, her injuries from the Taliban's attack on her, her recovery, and her efforts to fight for education for girls and women. Includes a timeline, photographs, a glossary, statistics, and a list of additional resources.

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.