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Archives of Sexuality & Gender includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, interviews, personal letters, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS. Part of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of dancer-turned-magician's assistant Adelaide Herrmann, placing her achievements against a backdrop of period conventions about women in the arts and her determination to continue her work after the death of her husband.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet Alice Guy-Blaché. She made movies--some of the very first movies, and some of the most exciting! Blow up a pirate ship? Why not? Crawl into a tiger's cage? Of course! Leap off a bridge onto a real speeding train? It will be easy! Driven by her passion for storytelling, Alice saw a potential for film that others had not seen before, allowing her to develop new narratives, new camera angles, new techniques, and to surprise her audiences again...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Discover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes in this inclusive picture book biography of a Lithuanian immigrant with a brilliant eye for fashion and business"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Sibert Honor for Nonfiction
Children's Special Topics: Women's History Month 2024
Children’s New Books: March 2023 Biographies
Children's Special Topics: Women's History Month 2024
Children’s New Books: March 2023 Biographies
Description
"A picture book biography about Georgia Gilmore, the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956"--
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