Women Who Inspire Series
These inspiring women overcame personal and political challenges in their quest to make the world a better place. Helen Keller learned to read and write despite being blind and deaf. In later years, she advocated for the welfare of blind people. Clara Hughes, world-class cyclist and speed skater, was the first Olympian to win multiple medals in both the Winter and Summer Games. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala, also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is a Pakistani activist for female education.
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from $12.95Women Who Inspire: Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes was on a risky path as a teenager. Watching the Olympic Games in 1988 changed her life. She was inspired to go for gold. Although she ...
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from $12.95Women Who Inspire: Helen Keller
Helen Keller learned to speak, read, and write in spite of becoming blind and deaf at the age of two due to an illness. As a child, Helen was frust...
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from $12.95Women Who Inspire: Malala
Malala was lucky. Her parents knew the value of an education for both boys and girls, so Malala was sent to school and excelled. Today, Malala is k...
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from $12.95Women Who Inspire: Wangari Maathai
In 1977, Wangari Maathai formed the Green Belt Movement, an organization that paid poor women to plant trees. The movement started in Kenya and soo...
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$50.95Women Who Inspire Series
This biography series includes four titles: Malala, Wangari Maathai, Helen Keller, and Clara Hughes.
