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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with archival photographs.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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A highly entertaining account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she hunted terrorists and WMDs
"A thrilling tale...Walder's fast-paced and intense narrative opens a window into life in two of America's major intelligence agencies" —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
The first full life—private, public, legal, philosophical—of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews with the justice, her husband, her children, her friends, and her associates.
In this large, comprehensive, revelatory biography, Jane...
In this large, comprehensive, revelatory biography, Jane...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—as seen on PBS’s American Experience
“She’s a hero for our time, and this is the biography for our time.”—Walter...
“She’s a hero for our time, and this is the biography for our time.”—Walter...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Sparked by long-forgotten gifts and memorabilia discovered in an old trunk, the now ninety-year-old Hill reminisces about private moments, shared laughs, and crazy adventures with one of the world's most iconic women during her time as First Lady and the excruciating year following the assassination of her husband. After all, he notes that "when you travel with someone...you experience things that can't be fully appreciated by anyone who wasn't there""--...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
The woman at the heart of the bestseller and Oscar-winning film "Hidden Figures" shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer and her integral role in the early years of the U.S. space program.
12) Madam Secretary
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
The former U.S. Secretary of State and United Nations ambassador chronicles her life, from her childhood as a Czechoslovakian refugee through her rise to power in the world of international diplomacy and policy-making.
13) Permanent record
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
16) My beloved world
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progress that is testament to her extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. She writes of her precarious childhood and the refuge she...
Author
Publisher
37 INK
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice -- National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations -- delivers an inspiring account of a life in service to family and country.
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