Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Madam President, The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics by Catherine Thimmesh


This book was an inspiration for me. From Abigail Adams, who asked her husband to "remember the ladies" when writing the constitution (he didn't), to Sandra Day O'Connor and Hillary Rodham Clinton. This book offers brief profiles of politically influential woman throughout American history intertwined with pages of pictures and dialogue among contemporary children discussing if it is possible for a girl to become president. Because the book covers over twenty influential women, I think it would be best to skip around and choose a small amount of women to read about in one sitting, if reading aloud to a class.


This book was a wonderful representation of what women were capable of achieving and how far women have come, despite all of the barriers we have had to cross.

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