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She Persisted: Dorothy Height

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: She Persisted SeriesPublication details: Philomel Books 2023Description: 60 Pages PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780593528983
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • LYO
Summary: 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 civil rights and women's rights movements. She went on to be awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom. In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Kelly Starling Lyons, readers learn about the amazing life of Dorothy Height--and how she persisted .
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Junior Library Biographies-Autobiographies-Junior Fiction Non-fiction LYO 1 Available Biography FS25053190

BYMR Grade 3 2025-26

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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 civil rights and women's rights movements. She went on to be awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom. In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Kelly Starling Lyons, readers learn about the amazing life of Dorothy Height--and how she persisted .

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