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Tough mothers

by Jason Porath · 2018

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Offers examples of 50 real-life matriarchs who gave everything to protect their children and causes, from Sojourner Truth's legal campaign against slavery to Irena Sender's advocacy on behalf of young Holocaust victims.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gendergenderMore like thisLess of thismothersmothersMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 244 pages

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