Children's Nonfiction Holocaust
She's a Mensch!
Ten Amazing Jewish Women
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2023
- Category
- Holocaust, Women, Social Activism & Volunteering
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781772603200
- Publish Date
- May 2023
- List Price
- $22.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781772603217
- Publish Date
- May 2023
- List Price
- $15.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
- Reading age: 9 to 12
Description
From the poorest neighborhoods in Kenya to the halls of the Canadian Supreme Court, the Jewish women found in these pages have accomplished remarkable feats. Some survived the horrors of the Holocaust while others had more peaceful childhoods, but all of them saw unfairness in their world and decided to do something about it.
Despite living in hiding throughout the Second World War, Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti went on to win four Olympic gold medals at age thirty-five. South African Ruth First used her privilege as a white woman to battle her country’s racist system of Apartheid—a fight she eventually paid for with her life. Canadian Judy Feld Carr, a quiet high school music teacher, secretly organized the rescue of persecuted Jews from Syria. And Yavilah McCoy, an African American Jew from New York, uses her voice today to advocate for diversity in Judaism. You may not have heard of the ten women in this book before, but you will remember them. Their greatest legacy could be the action that their stories inspire in you.
About the author
Anne Dublin is a former teacher-librarian and award-winning author living in Toronto. She has written two biographies for Second Story Press – June Callwood: A Life of Action and Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything – as well as Dynamic Women Dancers, part of the Women’s Hall of Fame series and the children’s historical fiction novel The Orphan Rescue.
Other titles by Anne Dublin
Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure
A Cage Without Bars
Anne Dublin Children's Library 2-Book Bundle
Stealing Time / The Baby Experiment
44 Hours or Strike!
Stealing Time Teachers' Guide
Dundurn Teachers' Guide
Stealing Time
A Jonah Wiley Adventure
The Baby Experiment Teachers' Guide
Dundurn Teachers' Guide
The Baby Experiment
The Orphan Rescue
