50 Trailblazers of the 50 States: Celebrate the lives of inspiring people who pa

Description: 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States by Howard Megdal, Abbey Lossing Meet 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, who made America what it is today, in this bright, fact-packed biography book. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Meet 50 trailblazers who made the United States what it is today in this bright, fact-packed biography book. With one trailblazer from every state, youll discover how Rosa Parks from Alabama fought for civil rights, how Barack Obama from Hawaii became the USAs first Black president, how Margaret Murie from Alaska pioneered the American environmentalist movement and how Betty Ford from Michigan improved treatment for drug addiction. Each spread features a timeline of the trailblazers life, key facts about their achievements and how their trailblazing continues today. By honouring people who strove in the areas of equal rights, feminism and environmentalism/conservation, this fact-packed book celebrates what makes America great, then and now.Alabama: Rosa Parks; Alaska: Margaret Murie; Arizona: Cesar Chavez; Arkansas: All-American Redheads (womens basketball team); California: Colin Kaepernick; Colorado: Corky Gonzales; Connecticut: Rebecca Lobo; Delaware: Joe Biden; Florida: Emma Gonzalez; Georgia: Jackie Robinson; Hawaii: Barack Obama; Idaho: Marilyn Schuler; Illinois: Betty Friedan; Indiana: Eugene V. Debs; Iowa: Carrie Chapman Catt; Kansas: William Allen White; Kentucky: Muhammad Ali; Louisiana: Norris Henderson; Maine: Dorothea Dix; Maryland: Thurgood Marshall; Massachusetts: W.E.B. DuBois; Michigan: Betty Ford; Minnesota: Maya Moore; Mississippi: Myrlie Evers-Williams; Missouri: Michael Harrington; Montana: Barbara Ehrenreich; Nebraska: Susette La Flesche; Nevada: Velma Bronn Johnson; New Hampshire: Doris Haddock; New Jersey: Paul Robeson; New Mexico: Notah Begay; New York: Margaret Sanger; North Carolina: Jessica McDonald; North Dakota: Dave Archambault; Ohio: LeBron James; Oklahoma: Woody Guthrie; Oregon: Lola Baldwin; Pennsylvania: Rachel Carson; Rhode Island: Marjorie van Vliet; South Carolina: Sarah and Angelina Grimke; South Dakota: Hubert Humphrey; Tennessee: Hattie Caraway; Texas: Lyndon Johnson; Utah: David Nelson; Vermont: Clarina I.H. Nichols; Virginia: Mildred Loving; Washington: Jenny Durkan; West Virginia: Debbie Null; Wisconsin: Robert LaFollette; Wyoming: Harriet Elizabeth Byrd The perfect book for kids to discover the most amazing achievements in American history. Learn about key social issues including feminism and civil rights. Inspiring, informative and fun, this book can be picked up any time of day for a whistlestop tour of the United States, right from your own home, school or library.The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Vivid illustrations, maps and infographics bring the places to colourful life.Also available from the series:Only in America, Only in America Activity Book, Only in California, Only in Texas, We Are the United States, 50 Adventures in the 50 States, and The 50 States. Author Biography Howard Megdal is a journalist and editor who has worked hard over his career to equalise coverage between both men and womens sports. His career has seen him work in many various rolls including as a sports columnist for POLITICO New York, Editorial Director for Excelle Sports and Editor-in-Chief for High Post Hoops. Howard is always curious, always seeking the deeper story, the connection between a stat and how it got that way, looking to shine a light on what is missed elsewhere. He has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated and Forbes. Abbey Lossing is an illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, NY. She grew up in Granville, Ohio, and relocated to NYC after attaining a degree in Illustration from Syracuse University. Having worked as a staff illustrator at BuzzFeed and then Vice News she took the leap into full-time freelance in 2017. Since then she hasworked with Facebook, Google, Target, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Working in Photoshop from initial sketch right to the coloured final, Abbey uses a Cintiq to maintain the presence of her hand in her digital work. Often inspired by fashion and textiles, she loves to integrate patterns into her work and when shes not working digitally she loves to revisit her background in screen printing and get her hands dirty. If shes not creating art, Abbey can usually be found walking the sidewalks of NYC, seeking out new food shes never tried. Details ISBN0711291861 Author Abbey Lossing Pages 112 Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC Year 2024 Illustrator Abbey Lossing ISBN-13 9780711291867 Format Paperback Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience Age 7-10 Imprint Wide Eyed Editions Subtitle Celebrate the lives of inspiring people who paved the way from every state in America! ISBN-10 0711291861 NZ Release Date 2024-06-03 Publication Date 2024-05-09 UK Release Date 2024-05-09 Audience Children / Juvenile Series Americana DEWEY 920.073 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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