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Two women doing their things

A Take-Charge Girl Blazes and Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin by Gretchen Woelfle

Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness by Aura Lewis

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have a little soft spot for v; even if she spells her name wrong. (You can spell it with one N which is the way I prefer). She was an independent woman. One who made history because she knew nobody else could. She stood her ground, won and lost elections and popularity because of it and was all around both a woman of her time and far ahead of it. Rankin was a woman who knew her mind, would become an activist despite any […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Aura Lewis, civil rights workers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gretchen Woelfle, Helaine Becker, Jeannette Rankin, Rebecca Gibbons, United States, women

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:776 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Aura Lewis, civil rights workers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gretchen Woelfle, Helaine Becker, Jeannette Rankin, Rebecca Gibbons, United States, women ·
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