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Who Was Sojourner Truth? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Jim Eldridge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who was-- ?Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [2015]Description: 106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780448486789
  • 0448486784
  • 9781484477618
  • 1484477618
  • 9780606375603
  • 0606375600
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Who was Sojourner Truth? -- Early days -- Freedom ahead -- The big city -- A new name, a new calling -- "Ain't I a woman?" -- War! -- A streetcar ride -- The final years -- Timelines.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Truth, S. M136 Available 33111008380343
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

Who was Sojourner Truth? -- Early days -- Freedom ahead -- The big city -- A new name, a new calling -- "Ain't I a woman?" -- War! -- A streetcar ride -- The final years -- Timelines.

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