Minorities & Their Struggles

What obstacles to people overcome today? How do I

overcome my obstacles?

Works Cited

"Elizabeth Leads the Way:." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2013.

"Ida B. Wells-Barnett:." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2013.

"TEACHERS." Scholastic Teachers. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2013.

"You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer:." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2013.

Elizabeth Leads the Wayby Tanya Lee Stone

“Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up and fought for what she believed in. From an early age, she

knew that women were not given rights equal to men. But rather than accept her lesser status, Elizabeth went to college and later

gathered other like-minded women to challenge the right to vote. Here is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman who changed

America forever because she wouldn't take “no” for an answer.

Elizabeth Leads the Way is a 2009 Bank Street– Best Children's Book of the Year.”

http://books.google.com/books/about/Elizabeth_Leads_the_Way.html?id=oiWuHAAACAAJ

Ida B. Well-BarnettA Voice Against Violence

By Patricia and Fredrick McKissack

“Ida B. Wells-Barnett rose from her roots in slavery to become an

outspoken voice for her people. She was an important and influential

journalist at a time in history when few women had careers. Using the

power of her writing, she launched the first anti-lynching campaign and

gained worldwide attention for this cause.”

http://books.google.com/books?id=rtbZAAAAMAAJ&q=a+voice+against+violence&dq=a+voice+against+violence&hl=en&sa=X&ei=On5oUbPRAqHKigLQwICgBg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA

You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!By Shana Corey

“This boldly illustrated picture book provides the tale of the women's rights activist who created bloomers in order to free women from the long and restrictive dresses they wore in the

mid-nineteenth century.”

http://books.google.com/books?id=FGKuHAAACAAJ&dq=you+forgot+your+skirt,+amelia+bloomer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C39oUeKvKaO8igLyyIH4CA&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA

Dear Benjamin BannekerBy Andrea Davis Pinkney

“Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks in this country

were still enslaved. But it troubled him that not all blacks

were free. An accomplished astronomer and mathematician,

he decided to take a stand against slavery by writing to then-

Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. This is the story of their extraordinary correspondence.”

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/dear-benjamin-banneker