Title: Little
Leaders: Bold Women In Black History
Author: Vashti Harrison
Illustrations: Dave
Caplan
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
ISBN: 9780316475112
Review:
Women have contributed to
our history and this book celebrates them and their diversity. The women
featured here are bold, inspiring and were passionate about what they did.
Phillis Wheatley was a poet
during a time when women of color were not allowed to be educated. Mary Eliza
Mahoney was a nurse and helped challenge racism in the south. Alice Ball was a
chemist, medical researcher and the first African American to graduate with a master’s
degree from the University of Hawaii. Marian Anderson was an opera singer and
the first African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera. Raven
Wilkinson was a ballerina and danced until she was fifty. Marcelite Harris was
an air force general and was the highest-ranking black woman in the Department
of Defense.
Author Vashti Harrison
wanted to share with young readers woman in Black History. This guide features African
American women and their struggle to become the pioneers they were. Young
readers will enjoy learning about history and can be inspired to follow their
own dreams. Parents and teachers can use this guide as a tool to encourage young
readers to follow their dreams.
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