Welcome to the Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop! I have three children’s books for Women’s History Month to share with you. Kids learn about the first female athletes, Harriet Tubman, and Susan B. Anthony in these books! (Giveaway has ended)
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Breaking Through: How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties
Breaking Through: How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties
by Sue Macy
ages 8-12
Feb 2020
Hardcover $18.99
Award-winning author Sue Macy offers a fresh and timely account of women in sports in the 1920s, and how their determination, talent, and defiance in the face of criticism promoted women’s rights, redefined femininity, and changed the course of history.
Macy offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the journey of women’s rights through the lens of women in sports during the pivotal decade of the 1920s. With elegant prose, poignant wit, and fascinating primary sources, Macy explores the many hurdles presented to female athletes as they stormed the field, stepped up to bat, and won the right to compete in sports.
Featuring bold and talented heroines, this book documents how the social issues and morals of the decade–from politics to segregation to the media–helped shape the changing narratives around women and alter the course of history entirely. It is a fascinating window into a rich and seldom explored history, and also a topical reminder of the many discussions surrounding femininity and the role of women that continue today.
Starred Review – “Macy writes perceptively about the history of American women’s sports.” – Booklist
“Art deco page designs, colorized archival photos, and reprinted news articles bring readers into the Roaring ’20s,… A recommended introduction to an often overlooked aspect of feminist history.” — Kirkus Reviews
“The content is direct and precise, its perspectives treated with nuance and care. Breaking Through is a stirring saga that uses excellent visual storytelling to capture a unique time in women’s athletic history.” — Foreward
Harriet Tubman
Age Range: 5 – 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3
Series: Readers
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books (December 24, 2019)
Find out about the life of Harriet Tubman and how her brave actions working to “conduct” the Underground Railroad helped the Union Army in the Civil War lead more than 700 slaves to freedom.
Learn about Harriet Tubman’s life, achievements, and the challenges she faced along the way. The Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for independent readers.
National Geographic Readers have been a hit in the competitive beginning reader category, and this book builds on that success with the same careful text, brilliant photographs, and fun approach to high-interest biographies of fascinating people such as Harriet Tubman, has proved to be a winning formula with kids.
Susan B. Anthony
Age Range: 4 – 6 years
Grade Level: Preschool – 1
Series: Readers
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books (December 17, 2019)
Meet one of the most important figures in women’s and U.S. history. Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving U.S. women the right to vote, learn about Susan B. Anthony’s remarkable life, from her childhood to her groundbreaking work.
National Geographic Kids Readers have been a hit in the beginning reader category, and this book builds upon that success with a new approach–parents and children reading together. With the same combination of careful text, brilliant photographs, and fun approach to high-interest subjects that has proved to be a winning formula with kids, National Geographic Co-readers provide one page of adult read-aloud and one page of kid read-aloud text on each spread, building toward a collaborative reading experience.
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I admire Eleanor Roosevelt. She worked hard to serve the United States during challenging and difficult times.
Harriet Tubman! She was so unique and courageous.
Marie curie, for being a fearless woman of science and helping so many with her work
Princess Diana, she had dignity and class!
I admire Harriet Tubman. I took my daughter and mom to visit her homestead in Auburn, NY. I think she was smart and fearless.
Marie Curie who was a trailblazer for women in science.
I admire Amelia Earhart -she was very courageous!
I’m a big fan of Michelle Obama.
I admire Rosa Parks who stood up for herself.
That is a very hard question to answer there are some that I admire for this and some for that. So I guess it is a mix of all women that have stood up over the years.
Elizabeth I of England; strong minded and willed, admirable, brought on the Golden Age
I admire the women in history who secured our right to vote.
BILLIE GENE KING…BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER HER AND THE MATCH WITH BOBBIE RIGGS.
I admire Ruth in the Bible because she was so kind to her Mother in law.