She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World
A source of inspiration for young women with strong social convictions, She Takes a Stand highlights 16 extraordinary women who have fought for human rights, civil rights, workers’ rights, reproductive/sexual rights, and world peace. Among these are many who have been imprisoned, threatened, or suffered financial hardships for pursuing their missions to change the world for the better. Included are historic heroes such as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and suffragist Alice Paul, along with contemporary figures such as girls-education activist Malala Yousafzai; Sampat Pal Devi, who fights violence against Indian women; and SPARK executive director Dana Edell, who works to end the sexualization of women and girls in the media. Taking a multicultural, multinational perspective, She Takes a Stand spotlights brave women around the world with an emphasis on childhood details, motivations, and life turning points—in many cases gleaned from the author’s original interviews—and includes related sidebars, a bibliography, source notes, and a list of organizations young women can explore to get involved in changing their world.
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She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World
A source of inspiration for young women with strong social convictions, She Takes a Stand highlights 16 extraordinary women who have fought for human rights, civil rights, workers’ rights, reproductive/sexual rights, and world peace. Among these are many who have been imprisoned, threatened, or suffered financial hardships for pursuing their missions to change the world for the better. Included are historic heroes such as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and suffragist Alice Paul, along with contemporary figures such as girls-education activist Malala Yousafzai; Sampat Pal Devi, who fights violence against Indian women; and SPARK executive director Dana Edell, who works to end the sexualization of women and girls in the media. Taking a multicultural, multinational perspective, She Takes a Stand spotlights brave women around the world with an emphasis on childhood details, motivations, and life turning points—in many cases gleaned from the author’s original interviews—and includes related sidebars, a bibliography, source notes, and a list of organizations young women can explore to get involved in changing their world.
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She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World

She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World

by Michael Elsohn Ross
She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World

She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World

by Michael Elsohn Ross

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A source of inspiration for young women with strong social convictions, She Takes a Stand highlights 16 extraordinary women who have fought for human rights, civil rights, workers’ rights, reproductive/sexual rights, and world peace. Among these are many who have been imprisoned, threatened, or suffered financial hardships for pursuing their missions to change the world for the better. Included are historic heroes such as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and suffragist Alice Paul, along with contemporary figures such as girls-education activist Malala Yousafzai; Sampat Pal Devi, who fights violence against Indian women; and SPARK executive director Dana Edell, who works to end the sexualization of women and girls in the media. Taking a multicultural, multinational perspective, She Takes a Stand spotlights brave women around the world with an emphasis on childhood details, motivations, and life turning points—in many cases gleaned from the author’s original interviews—and includes related sidebars, a bibliography, source notes, and a list of organizations young women can explore to get involved in changing their world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781641600453
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 03/05/2019
Series: Women of Action Series
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Michael Elsohn Ross is an award-winning author of more than 40 books for children, including A World of Her Own, Salvador Dali and the Surrealists, Sandbox Scientist, and Snug as a Bug

Table of Contents

Introduction: Searching for Superheroes ix

Ripening a Yellowberry Megan Grassell xi

Part I Claiming Rights and Respect

"Woman Must Not Accept; She Must Challenge" Margaret Sanger 3

Equal Rights for Women Alice Paul 15

Young and Old Together Maggie Kuhn 26

Founding the Gulabi Gang Sampat Pal Devi 35

Girl Power Dana Edell 44

Speaking Out for Girls3 Education Malala Yousafzai 52

Part II Rising Up Against Greed

The Queen of Agitators Mary Harris "Mother" Jones 65

Food and Forests for the People Vandana Shiva 76

Touched by the Hand of Destiny Rigoberta Menchú Tum 86

Garment Workers in Solidarity Kalpona Akter 97

Part III Rejecting Violence

Weaving the Safety Net, Joining Hands for Peace Jane Addams 109

Shining the Light on Lynching Ida B. Wells 120

It Shines Through Her Buffy Sainte-Marie 131

Walls That Shout Judy Baca 141

Women in White Demand Peace Leymah Gbowee 151

Resources 163

Notes 169

Bibliography 179

Index 183

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