Visit Alyson Beecher on Wednesdays for Non-Fiction Picture Books at Kidlit Frenzy -- hashtag #nfpb2020! Thanks to her hosting and sharing and those who add their posts, you can discover and celebrate terrific nonfiction picture books! Wishing everyone safety and good health in your lives, family and friends, too. It's a time filled with questions, learning how to adapt to new ways of living.
It's wonderful always to read stories of women and more about their lives. These two following stories show two women who kept their passions all their lives. They are both inspirations.
Shy, smart, pushed herself to be strong, found that her Grandmother's words helped her gain strength to do what she knew was right: "Take the high ground if someone insults you. When someone opens a door to you, go forward." She was lucky to go to college at a time when girls were not expected to go. There, like her noticings when she was younger, she became even more aware of those who were working in terrible conditions. She knew she wanted to speak up and as Kathleen Krull writes Frances Perkins' story, Francis "realized she had to make her voice hear, even when speaking made her uncomfortable." And her voice was heard, over and over again.