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Phenomenal AOC : the roots and rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Authors : Denise, Anika, author; Lora, Loris, illustrator

Subjects: Women legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Hispanic American women legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureNew York (N.Y.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Congress. House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature...

Availability: 4 Holdings

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A life of service : the story of Senator Tammy Duckworth.

Authors : Soontornvat, Christina, author; Phumiruk, Dow, illustrator

Subjects: Women legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women politicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Congress. Senate -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureDuckworth, Tammy, 1968- -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 7 Holdings

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I am Osage : how Clarence Tinker became the first Native American major general.

Authors : Rogers, Kim, author; Von Martin, Bobby, illustrator; ...

Subjects: Osage Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Army. Air Corps -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureTinker, Clarence Leonard -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 7 Holdings

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I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Authors : Meltzer, Brad, author; Eliopoulos, Chris, illustrator

Subjects: Women judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women judges -- Juvenile literature; Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureGinsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020 -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 10 Holdings

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Thanks to Frances Perkins : fighter for workers' rights.

Authors : Hopkinson, Deborah, author; Caldwell, Kristy, illustrator

Subjects: Women cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Department of Labor -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literaturePerkins, Frances, 1880-1965 -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 8 Holdings

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Shirley Chisholm.

Authors : Calkhoven, Laurie, author; O'Connor, Kaitlyn Shea, illustrator

Subjects: African American legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Congress. House -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureChisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Ketanji : Justice Jackson's journey to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Authors : Magoon, Kekla, author; Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator

Subjects: Women judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American women judges -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Judges -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureJackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970- -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 8 Holdings

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All rise : the story of Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Authors : Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-, author; Evans, Ashley, illustrator

Subjects: Women judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American women judges -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women judges -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literatureJackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970- -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 11 Holdings

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Unstoppable : how Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 march on Washington.

Authors : Long, Michael G., author; Jackson, Bea, 1986-, illustrator

Subjects: Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literatureUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literatureRustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Authors : Calkhoven, Laurie, author; Vukovic, Elizabet, illustrator

Subjects: Women judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women's rights -- United States -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. Supreme Court -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureGinsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020 -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 4 Holdings

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