Title: Aung San Suu Kyi
Description: Aung San Suu Kyi was born to lead. Following in the footsteps of her dissident father, Aung San, she has resisted the machinations of a corrupt government for years and paid dearly for it. In a largely biographical format, this book details Aung''s rise as an opposition leader in Myanmar (formerly Burma), telling the story of a woman who willingly sacrificed her freedoms for those of her people. Background information and notable moments in her struggle are called out in boxed inserts.
Subjects: Women political activists, Politics and government, JUVENILE NONFICTION, Democracy, Science & Technology, Women political prisoners, Women Nobel Prize winners, Biography & Autobiography, Juvenile literature, Biography, Burma, Burma, juvenile literature, Women, political activity, Democracy, juvenile literature
Places: Burma
People: Aung San Suu Kyi
Time periods: 1988-