social reformers

Text and photographs look at the life 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.

A brief biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of poverty.

Surveys the life of Sojourner Truth, an escaped slave who became a famous civil rights advocate. Presented in English and Spanish.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life of Sojourner Truth, who was a nineteenth-century abolitionist, suffragist, and preacher; also includes a glossary, a Truth chronology, a Civil War time line, and a bibliography.

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.

Presents a biography of Sojourner Truth, an African-American freed slave, preacher, abolitionist, and activist, and contains information on her life as slave in New York, her journey to freedom in 1827, and her efforts for civil rights through her death in 1883.

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.

"Eleanor Roosevelt was the niece of one president, and the wife of another. But did you know she was a leader in her own right? From supporting civil and women's rights to speaking to the public through her newsletter, My Day, Eleanor paved the way. This playful story of her childhood will help young readers connect with a historic figure and will inspire them to want to achieve greatness"--Provided by publisher.

"A memoir by . . . singer-songwriter and social activist Ani DiFranco. In her new memoir, 'No Walls and the Recurring Dream,' Ani DiFranco recounts her early life from a place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and much more . . . In these . . . pages is the tale of one woman's eventful and radical journey to the age of thirty . . ."--Provided by publisher.

"An activism handbook for teen girls ready to fight for change, social justice, and equality, . . . with in-depth guides to everything from picking a cause, planning a protest, and raising money to running dispute-free meetings, promoting awareness on social media, and being an effective ally"--OCLC.