A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781662680120)

For take-charge girls in the making and fans of I Dissent and Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice, this is the story of Jeannette Rankin, the first US congresswoman.

Jeannette Rankin was always a take-charge girl. Whether taking care of horses or her little brothers and sisters--Jeannette knew what to do and got the job done. That's why, when she saw poor children living in bad conditions in San Francisco, she knew she had to take charge and change things.

But in the early twentieth century, women like Jeannette couldn't vote to change the laws that failed to protect children. Jeannette became an activist and led the charge, campaigning for women's right to vote. And when her home state, Montana, gave women that right, Jeannette ran for Congress and became America's first congressWOMAN!

Author: Gretchen Woelfle
ISBN-10: 1662680120
ISBN-13: 9781662680120
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.06h x 11.10w x 0.47d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 521993 / Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022
Booklist 12/01/2022 pg. 118
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2023