Fight like a girl
Subtitle: 50 feminists who changed the world
By: by Laura Barcella ; with illustrations by Summer Pierre
Contributors: Pierre, Summer, 1972- ill
Publisher: Zest Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781936976966
Subjects: Social action; Biography; Feminists; Social conditions; Conduct of life; Political activists; Feminism; Women
Description: Nearly every day there s another news story, think piece, or pop cultural anecdote related to feminism and women s rights. Conversations around consent, equal pay, access to contraception, and a host of other issues are foremost topics of conversation in American media. And today s teens are encountering these issues from a different perspective than any generation has before but what s often missing from the current discussion is an understanding of how we ve gotten to this place.Fight Like a Girl introduces readers to the history of feminist activism in the U.S. in an effort to celebrate those who paved the way and draw attention to those who are working hard to further the feminist cause today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-223).

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Table of contents: title: Mary Wollstonecraft; title: Sojourner Truth; title: Elizabeth Blackwell; title: Marie Curie; title: Amy Jacques Garvey; title: Frida Kahlo; title: Simone de Beauvoir; title: Pauli Murray; title: Rosa Parks; title: Florynce Kennedy; title: Shirley Chisholm; title: Maya Angelou; title: Yayoi Kusama; title: Faith Ringgold; title: Yoko Ono; title: Audre Lorde; title: Jane Goodall; title: Judy Blume; title: Judy Chicago; title: Frances M. Beal; title: Wangari Maathai; title: Wilma Rudolph; title: Angela Davis; title: Alice Walker; title: Wilma Mankiller; title: Barbara Lee; title: Shirin Ebadi; title: Hillary Clinton; title: Kate Bornstein; title: Pam Grier; title: Leslie Feinberg; title: Sally Ride; title: bell hooks; title: Cindy Sherman; title: Oprah; title: Sandra Cisneros; title: Geena Davis; title: Anita Hill; title: Poly Styrene; title: Madonna; title: Ren e Cox; title: Wendy Davis; title: Kathleen Hanna; title: Margaret Cho; title: Queen Latifah; title: Ani DiFranco; title: Roxane Gay; title: Beyonc; title: Tavi Gevinson; title: Malala Yousafzai.