A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress
The Story of Jeannette Rankin
by Gretchen Woelfle
Pub Date 07 Feb 2023
Astra Publishing House, Calkins Creek
I am reviewing a copy of A Take Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress through Astra Publishing House, Calkins Creek and Netgalley
From the time she was young Jeanette Rankin was a take charge type of girl. It didn't matter if she was taking care of horses or her younger brothers and sisters, Jeanette knew what to do and how to get the job done. So when she went to San Francisco and saw poor children living in horrible conditions she knew she had to take charge and change things.
The problem was in the early years of the twentieth century, women like Jeannette couldn’t vote to change the laws that failed to protect children. Jeannette became an activist and led the charge, campaigning for women’s right to vote. And when her home state, Montana, gave women that right, Jeannette ran for Congress and became America’s first congress woman.
I give A Take-Charge Girl five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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