A woman in the House (and Senate) : how women came to the United States Congress, broke down barriers, and changed the country
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Author
Cooper, Ilene,
Contributors
Baddeley, Elizabeth, illustrator.
Snowe, Olympia J. 1947- writer of foreword.
Abrams Books for Young Readers, publisher.
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http://ebaddeley.com/

Subjects

LC Subjects
Literature.
United States. -- Congress -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women legislators -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Bisac Subjects
Juvenile Nonfiction -- Biography & Autobiography -- Women.
Juvenile Nonfiction -- History -- United States.
Juvenile Nonfiction -- Social Science -- Politics & Government.
OCLC Fast Subjects
History.
Juvenile works.
Literature.
United States.
United States. -- Congress.
Women -- Political activity.
Women legislators.
Other Subjects
1040L.
Femmes -- Activité politique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Femmes parlementaires -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Juvenile books.
Littérature.
United States. -- Congress -- History.
United States. -- Congress -- History.
Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History.
Women -- Political activity.
Women legislators -- History.
Women legislators -- History.

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Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 134 pages : illustrations (some in color), portraits ; 26 cm
Language
English
UPC
9781419710360
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 7.6, 4 Points
Lexile measure
1040

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index.
Description
For the first 128 years of our country's history, not a single woman served in the United States Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress -- even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across the U.S. the right to vote. Beginning with the women's suffrage movement and going all the way through the results of the 2012 election, Ilene Cooper covers more than a century of U.S. history in order to highlight the influential and diverse group of female leaders who opened doors for women in politics as well as the nation as a whole.
Target Audience
1040L,lexile
Target Audience
Sentence length: 5 (very hard),Word frequency: 2 (easy),lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,7.6.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,7.6,4.0,164481.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
WPL: Gift of the Friends of the Waterloo Public Library.
Awards
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2015.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cooper, I., Baddeley, E., & Snowe, O. J. 1. (2014). A woman in the House (and Senate): how women came to the United States Congress, broke down barriers, and changed the country . Abrams Books for Young Readers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cooper, Ilene, Elizabeth, Baddeley and Olympia J. 1947- Snowe. 2014. A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country. Abrams Books for Young Readers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cooper, Ilene, Elizabeth, Baddeley and Olympia J. 1947- Snowe. A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Cooper, Ilene,, Elizabeth Baddeley, and Olympia J. 1947- Snowe. A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

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