Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future

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Author(s)	Kate Schatz
Illustrator(s)	Miriam Klein Stahl
Age Group	8 and up
Publisher	City Lights Publishers
ISBN	978-0872866836
Year	2015

American history was made by countless rad—and often radical—women. By offering a fresh and diverse array of female role models, this book reminds readers that there are many places to find inspiration. Like all A-Z books, this one illustrates the alphabet but by highlighting important women for each letter of the alphabet. The list of great women spans several centuries, multiple professions and 26 diverse individuals. There are artists and abolitionists, scientists and suffragettes, rock stars and rabble-rousers and agents of change of all kinds.

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