Send a Girl!: The True Story of How Women Joined the FDNY - Rilegato

Rinker, Jessica M.

 
9781547601745: Send a Girl!: The True Story of How Women Joined the FDNY
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ISBN 10: 1547601744 ISBN 13: 9781547601745
Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Childrens Books, 2021

Sinossi

Brenda Berkman was often told that she couldn't do certain things because she was a girl. When she grew up, she longed for a job that was challenging, different every day, and required physical and mental strength. In 1977 when the New York City Fire Department finally complied with the Civil Rights Act (from 1964) by allowing women to take the FDNY exam, Brenda jumped at the chance.

But the FDNY changed the rules of the exam so women wouldn't be able to pass it. Even a lot of men couldn't pass this new exam.

So Brenda Berkman took the FDNY to court. In 1982, they finally made a fair test, and Brenda and 40 other women passed. She then founded the United Women Firefighters, an organization that helps train and prepare women to be firefighters. Brenda went on to serve in the FDNY for 25 years, reaching the positions of Lieutenant and Captain, and was a first responder during the attacks on the Twin Towers on 9/11. Send a Girl! is Brenda Berkman's inspiring story.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jessica M. Rinker has a BA in social welfare from Bloomsburg University and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She's a freelance writer and the author of several award-winning essays, poems, and short stories. She has three kids and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband, also a children's author.
@jm_rinker

Meg Hunt is the illustrator of Reading Beauty and Interstellar Cinderella and is a printmaker, educator, and all-around maker of things. She was also the recipient of the 2015 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal Award for her contribution to the Illustrators 58 exhibition. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
www.meghunt.com
@meghuntillo

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Editore
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1547601744
ISBN 13 
9781547601745
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Disegnatore
Hunt Meg
Numero di pagine
32
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
WordUnited GmbH
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