Every year, a number of compendiums are published featuring mini-biographies of exceptional women and their achievements. Today I’ve got five of them which offer a wide variety of life stories for a range of ages, all jauntily illustrated. Bold & …
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can we do it? yes, we can!…books for Women’s History Month
When I read biographies of women, I am often flabbergasted by the variety of activities once considered off-limits to females. Such perverse undertakings as riding a bicycle, voting, being a nurse, were scandalous not so very long ago. What a concerted …
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Women’s History Month…frailty, thy name is not woman!
So many misconceptions about the frailty of women’s judgement, stamina, intellect have been invalidated over the years. What fallacies do you still encounter? Here are five more biographies to help set the record straight: Elizabeth Started All the Trouble, by …
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Black History Month: Slavery
There’s been a storm of conversations recently in the children’s literature world over carefulness and truthfulness in our depictions of slavery. The good news in all of this is that we are having these conversations. This week, I’ve got seven strong …
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