She Persisted: Dorothy Height Juvenile Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) African American & Black Whimsical black-and-white illustrations add to

Whimsical black-and-white illustrations add to the engaging fun of this middle grade book

This book introduces readers to the woman behind the veil—a girl full of spunk and pluck

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and her own classmates thinking she’s an enemy

She Persisted: Dorothy Height Juvenile Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) African American & Black Whimsical black-and-white illustrations add toInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds including Dorothy Height! Growing up as a Black girl in the 1920s and 1930s, Dorothy Height was denied access to a local swimming pool as well as admission to Barnard College because of her race. But she persisted in pushing for change, and became a seminal figure in both the