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A Woman in the House (and Senate) (Revised and Updated): How Women Came to Washington and Changed the Nation


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No. of pages 160

Published: 2020

Great for age 7-10 years

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An inspiring history of all the women who have taken a seat in Congress! For the first 128 years of Americas history, only men served in the Senate and House of Representatives. All that changed in January 1917 when Jeannette Rankin was sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress. From the womens suffrage movement to the 2018 election, Ilene Cooper highlights influential and diverse female leaders who opened doors for women in politics. Women featured include Nancy Pelosi (the first woman Speaker of the House), Margaret Chase Smith (the first woman elected to the Senate), Patsy Mink (the first woman of color to serve in the House), and newcomers like Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar. This updated book includes archival photographs and lively illustrations from Elizabeth Baddeley, as well as a chart of all the women who have served in Congress, appendices that define key terms and governmental procedures, and an index. In a great new reading format, this updated, revised edition is perfect for young feminists!

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Abrams .

Ilene Cooper has written many children's books, including Sam I Am and Absolutely Lucy. She is the editor for Booklist. Elizabeth Baddeley is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark , written by Debbie Levy. She also illustrated A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country ; The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (and How They Shaped the Nation) ; and An Inconvenient Alphabet . Elizabeth graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in illustration and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Learn more at EBaddeley. com.