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xv, 192 pages
illustrations.
Contents: pt. I. CLAIMING RIGHTS AND RESPECT -- Margaret Sanger: "Woman Must Not Accept; She Must Challenge" -- Alice Paul: Equal Rights for Women -- Maggie Kuhn: Young and Old Together -- Sampat Pal Devi: Founding the Gulabi Gang -- Dana Edell: Girl Power -- Malala Yousafzai: Speaking Out for Girls' Education -- pt. II. RISING UP AGAINST GREED -- Mary Harris "Mother" Jones: The Queen of Agitators -- Vandana Shiva: Food and Forests for the People -- Rigoberta Menchu Turn: Touched by the Hand of Destiny -- Kalpona Akter: Garment Workers in Solidarity -- pt. III. REJECTING VIOLENCE -- Jane Addams: Weaving the Safety Net, Joining Hands for Peace -- Ida B. Wells: Shining the Light on Lynching -- Buffy Sainte-Marie: It Shines Through Her -- Judy Baca: Walls That Shout -- Leymah Gbowee: Women in White Demand Peace.
Summary: Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today--role models who are passionate about important issues. 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; "Gulabi Gang" founder 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.
Women of action.