Gretchen Woelfle

A spirited telling of a strong suffragette and politician. The main text ends with her successful election campaign but don’t miss the footnotes, that cover her work in the Congress.

A picture book about the worst ever elected Congresswoman, a woman from Montana.

It's inspiring how children were her primary focus!

The experiences, dilemmas, and choices of 13 diverse African Americans, who lived during the American Revolution, are uncovered in this informational and well-sourced text. Excerpts from primary sources are included. Author Notes, Timelines, Bibliography, Source Notes, Index.

This is the true story of Mother Betty (Mumbet), a slave who believed that the words in the Declaration of Independence should apply to her and that she should be free. She bravely visited a lawyer, who helped her bring her case to the court. The author's note at the end of the book offers additional historical facts about Elizabeth Freeman (the name Mumbet chose for herself) and her daughter.