Format:
Book
Author:
Leslie, Jay, author.
Title:
Who did it first? : 50 politicians, activists, and entrepreneurs who revolutionized the world / edited by Alex Hart ; written by Jay Leslie ; illustrated by Nneka Myers.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
Description:
113 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
"Illustrated book with profiles of the men and women who have revolutionized politics, policy, and activism, with a focus on their accomplishments that were 'firsts' in their fields"-- Provided by publisher.
Target Audience Note:
Ages: 8-12
Grades: 4-6
Subjects:
Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Politicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Political activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Businesspeople -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Politicians.
Political activists.
Businesspeople.
Other Author:
Hart, Alex, editor.
Myers, Nneka, illustrator.
Notes:
"Illustrated book with profiles of the men and women who have revolutionized politics, policy, and activism, with a focus on their accomplishments that were 'firsts' in their fields"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Thomas Gallaudet -- Sarah Winnemucca -- Susan La Flesche -- Sarah Breedlove -- Lin Zongsu -- George Shima -- Sirimavo Bandaranaike -- Women who rules : featuring Elisabeth Domitien, Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws, María Corazon Aquino, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Édith Cresson, Jóhanna Sigurðardottir, Roza Otunbayeva, Yingluck Shinawatra -- Ed Roberts -- Katharine Graham -- Patsy Mink -- Indira Gandhi -- Thurgood Marshall -- Yvon Chouinard -- Sally Priesand -- Muhammad Yunus -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Steve Jobs -- Benazir Bhutto -- Joan Ganz Cooney -- Althea Garrison -- Nelson Mandela -- Kasha Nabagesera -- Shirin Ebadi -- Oprah Winfrey -- Angela Merkel -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- Barack Obama -- Ursula Burns -- Tawakkol Karman -- Young activists : featuring Jasilyn Charger, Melati and Isabel Wijsen, Shamma bint Suhail Faris Mazrui, Halima Aden, Marvia Malik, Yara Shahidi -- Haben Girma -- Janet Mock -- Schuyler Bailar -- Melinda Gates -- Jacinda Ardern -- LeBron James.
LCCN:
2019020320
ISBN:
9781250211729
System Availability:
3
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
3
Control Number:
1135778
Call Number:
920 L635w
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
3
# System items in:
3