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<\/a>First, I\u2019ll talk about \u201cRad Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History and Our Future\u201d by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl. Schatz is speaking at our sister library in Spring Valley on March 24 at 1 p.m., go check her out if you read this in time. The book is aimed at elementary school age children, but will still enthrall teens and adults. It features biographies of famous or influential women for each letter of the alphabet, be they scholars, actors or political figures. Each woman also gets a colorful print portrait, looking like an icon ready for her own wall-sized mural.<\/p>\n<\/a>\u201cI Am Harriet Tubman\u201d is the latest in the \u201cOrdinary People Change the World\u201d children\u2019s series by Brad Meltzer and artist Christopher Eliopoulos. While more commonly known as a writer of political thrillers, Meltzer decided that he wanted books about his heroes and role models for his own children, and decided to fill that gap. \u201cI Am Harriet Tubman\u201d is filled with Eliopoulos\u2019 cartoon-style art, reminiscent of \u201cCalvin and Hobbes,\u201d telling Tubman\u2019s story of courage and sacrifice in the face of slavery, and includes real-life photos and historical timelines as supplemental information in the back.<\/p>\n<\/a>Shirley Chisholm is a neglected political figure, as the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and the second woman to run for a major party nomination for president. Her autobiography, \u201cUnbought and Unbossed,\u201d not only tells the story of her rise from a poor immigrant family in Brooklyn to political office, but also has her incisively phrased critique of American political ills (many still relevant today), congressional dysfunction, and conclusions about democracy itself.<\/p>\n