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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas. Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity to light the two crowded rooms, no books to read. Yet despite this-or, in her words, because of it-Simmons would become one of America's preeminent educators. The former president...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells--who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader--as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster.
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