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Title
Women's rights, discriminatory policies and inspirational stories (37846)
Country Canada
Audience Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High (IJS)
Collection Booking Library
Synopsis Explores the roles of women through the ages including oppression and discriminatory policies. It highlights a number of women through their courageous struggles and personal sacrifices to achieve equality. Includes many personal and inspirational stories.
Dimensions 2 bins 22 x 39 x 60 cm. each.
Contents Part 1: 71 books - 6 Catriona Le May Doan ; 15 Discrimination ; Discrimination teacher's guide ; 5 Flying ace: the story of Amelia Earhart ; Issues 21 overview guide ; 5 Little leaders: bold women in black history ; 4 Marilyn Bell: swimming sensation ; 16 Oppression of women ; Oppression of women teacher's guide ; 6 Rosemary Brown: political pioneer ; 6 Susan Aglukark: Arctic rose ; 5 The 10 greatest Canadian female trailblazers. Part 2: 27 books - 150 fascinating facts about Canadian women ; A woman's crusade: Alice Paul and the battle for the ballot ; Bad girls of fashion ; Because I am a girl: I can change the world ; Brave girl: Clara and the shirtwaist makers' strike of 1909 ; Claiming women's lives: history and contemporary studies ; For the right to learn: Malala Yousafzai's story ; Girls think of everything: stories of ingenious inventions by women ; I am woman: a Native perspective on sociology and feminism ; I dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsbug makes her mark ; If the world were a village ; Inspiring women: a celebration of herstory ; It takes a village and other lessons children teach us ; Ladies of liberty ; Maggie and the chocolate war ; Me...Jane ; Rad women worldwide ; She stood for freedom: the untold story of a civil rights hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland ; Solving the puzzle under the sea ; Strong is the new pretty ; Strong women stories ; The breadwinner: a graphic novel ; Viola Desmond's Canada ; Who says women can't be doctors? ; Women changing Canada ; Women in science ; Women overseas: memoirs of the Canadian Red Cross Corps.
Parts 2 Parts - Part 1: 71 books in 22 x 39 x 60 cm. bin ; Part 2: 27 books in 22 x 39 x 60 cm. bin.
Guide Guide Included
Subjects Blacks—Canada—History; Blacks—Canada—Segregation—History; Discrimination; Employee rights; First Nations; Human rights—Study and teaching; Inquiry-based learning; Labor movement—History; Language arts; Racism—Canada—History; Social Studies; Women—Biography; Women—Canada—History; Women—Canada—Biography; Women employees; Women's rights—Study and teaching; Diversity(CK)
Call# KT 1829
Holdings
Kit 1 copy
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