Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History ... and Our Future!

Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World

Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement

I Am Malala Yousafzai: Ordinary People Change the World

"Young women looking for inspiration will surely find it" (Booklist") in these profiles of forty-six movers and shakers who made their mark before they turned twenty.This fun and inspiring collection of influential stories provides forty-six illustrated examples of strong, independent female role models, all of whom first impacted the world as teenagers or younger.

Originally published in two volumes over a decade ago, this fully updated and expanded edition of Girls Who Rocked the World "spans a variety of achievements, interests, and backgrounds, from Harriet Tubman and Coco Chanel to S.E. Hinton and Maya Lin--each with her own incredible story of how she created life-changing opportunities for herself and the world.

Personal aspirations from today's young women are interspersed throughout the book, which also includes profiles of teenagers who are rocking the world right now--girls like Winter Vinecki, the creator of the nonprofit organization Team Winter, and Jazmin Whitley, the youngest designer to show at L.A. Fashion Week.

It's never too soon to start making a difference, and these exhilarating examples of girl power in action make for ideal motivation.

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Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

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She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

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Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History ... and Our Future!

Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl, 2015

Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

Robin Stevenson, Allison Steinfeld, 2019

Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women

Rebel Girls, 2021

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World

Elena Favilli, 2020

Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Katheryn Russell-Brown, Kim Holt, 2023

I Am Malala Yousafzai: Ordinary People Change the World

Christopher Eliopoulos, Brad Meltzer, 2022