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Author
Series
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a celebration of Representative Maxine Waters, who reclaimed her time and led the first calls for impeachment"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A picture biography of educator and politician Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 was the first Black woman elected to Congress and in 1972 was the first Black candidate from a major political party (the Democratic party) to run for the United States presidency. An afterword with additional information, photographs, and source lists are included"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Part of a four-book series celebrating women in Congress, this biography of the Massachusetts Senator with presidential aspirations describes her humble childhood in Oklahoma, becoming a very popular professor at Harvard Law, and her championing for rights of lower-income families.
5) Barack Obama
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the career of Illinois Senator Barack Obama, and his candidacy in the 2008 presidential race.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Kamala Harris is the first woman to hold the office of vice president of the United States. Read about her path in life that brought her to this high office"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Iraq War veteran traces her impoverished childhood, her decision to join the Army, the months spent recovering from the RPG attack that shot down her helicopter and nearly took her life, and her subsequent mission of serving in elected office.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A memoir by the late Congressman details how his experiences as a sharecroppers' son in volatile South Baltimore shaped his life in activism, explaining how government oversight can become a positive part of a just American collective.
10) What happened
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists,...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar-the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress. Ilhan Omar was only eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her mother had died while Ilhan was still a little girl. She was being raised by her father and grandfather when armed gunmen attacked their compound and the family decided...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A celebratory biography of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (aka "AOC"), the youngest congresswoman in United States history, detailing not only her life but the movement she has energized.
Born in the Bronx and raised in the suburbs of Westchester County, New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez witnessed firsthand how a person's zip code can shape their destiny. That early exposure to income inequality fueled a passion for change that, in turn, led her to take...
15) Party of two
Author
Series
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After a chance meeting at a bar leads to a passionate encounter, Olivia Monroe discovers that the stranger is a junior senator, but when their whirlwind romance goes public, their feelings for each other are tested as the media starts digging into Olivia's rocky past and current job.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A student biography of the respected Democratic veteran and former vice president traces Joe Biden's life from his childhood and his decades in the Senate through his service during Barack Obama's administration and beyond.
18) House secrets
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 4
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When Joe DeMarco is asked by the Speaker of the House to probe the apparent accidental death of a reporter who was trailing presidential hopeful Senator Paul Morelli, dirty secrets and divided loyalties threaten his investigation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a celebration of AOC, the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress and its newest superstar"-- Provided by publisher.
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