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Who Was Sojourner Truth?
  • Published: 15 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780448486789
  • Imprint: Penguin Workshop
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $16.99

Who Was Sojourner Truth?

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A slave, an abolitionist, and an early advocate of women's rights, Sojourner Truth is a worthy addition to the Who Was...? series.

Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story until her death in 1883 at age eighty-six. In this easy-to-read biography, Yona Zeldis McDonough continues to share that remarkable story.
  • Published: 15 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780448486789
  • Imprint: Penguin Workshop
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $16.99
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Yona Zeldis McDonough

Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of novels such as A Wedding in Great Neck and You Were Meant for Me as well as dozens of books for children. She is the editor of and a contributor to The Barbie Chronicles: A Living Doll Turns Forty, as well as All the Available Light: A Marilyn Monroe Reader. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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