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to
dream big. This inspired her to rethink giving up on her dream of becoming an
astronaut.
Teachers, parents, and
mentors need to spend more time building confidence in the young minds along
with encouragement and less time telling a child what they CAN NOT DO!!!
Because -YES! They CAN!
Women continue
to engage in action campaigns to change the world and making great strides!
America
Mae
Jemison – full name: Mae Carol
Jemison.
In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison was the first woman of color to go into space.
Mae Jemison is
an engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.
American
physician and the first African American woman to become an astronaut. In 1992
she spent more than a week orbiting Earth in the space shuttle Endeavour
Sally Kristen Ride
Sally Kristen Ride, was an American astronaut and
physicist, became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR
cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya.
Shirley Chisholm
Way before Hillary Clinton had her sights
set on being the first female President of the United States, Shirley Chisholm
put in a bid for the role in 1972. She was the first woman of colour
congresswoman and the first major-party African American candidate to run for
President. Her main passions were educational reform and social justice, which
explains why she left politics in 1983 to teach.
Before her time in Congress, she worked with organizations
concerning child welfare and education. In 1969 she was one of the founding
members of the Congressional Black Caucus. She also wrote two books in her time
and was known for her caring nature in paying attention to the needs of the
individual. In 2015 she was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
nearly 11 years after her death.
Geraldine Ferraro
Ferraro became the only Italian American
to be a major-party national nominee for Vice President, in 1984. In addition
to being the first woman.
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza was
the first Black woman to serve as the US National Security Adviser and
Secretary of State. She was also the first African American female of color, to
hold the position of provost at Stanford University, where she also worked as a
professor and went back to after her time in the White House. She has authored
several political books and has broken down many typically male employment
structures.
Hillary
Clinton
Ran for
president in 2016 and first female to hold the position of Secretary of State
for the Democratic party.
Kamala
Harris
The first
African American and South Asian woman to be elected as Vice President of the
United States 2021
Africa
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Ellen is the
world’s first elected woman of colour female President and Africa’s first
female Head of State. During her campaign for Presidency, she vowed to boost
Liberia’s economy and get rid of the corruption and civil war plaguing the
country.
India
Pratibha Patil
Former President of India
Pratibha Devisingh Patil, is an Indian politician who served as the
12th President of India from 2007 to 2012. A member of the Indian National
Congress, Patil is the only woman to have held the office.
Caribbean
Island
Dame Eugenia Charles
The
Caribbean’s first female Prime Minister, who held the position in Dominica for
15 years until 1995, was the longest serving female Prime Minister in world
history. Before her time working in Parliament, she became the first Dominican
woman to work as a lawyer. Not afraid to go toe to toe with the overbearing
male politicians in her cabinet, she once arrived in a bathing suit to
Parliament to make a mockery of her predecessor’s ridiculous dress code act.
Affectionately dubbed ‘Mamo’
Israel
Golda Meir, original name Goldie Mabovitch, later Goldie Myerson.
Served as its fourth prime
minister (1969–74). She was the first woman to hold the post.
An Israeli politician who helped found (1948) the State of Israel.
The world's fourth and Israel's first and only woman to hold the
office of Prime Minister, she has been described as the "Iron Lady"
of Israeli politics.
Germany
Angela Merkel, Chancellor
of Germany,
Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany.
Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician who has been
Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She served as Leader of the Christian
Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic Union.
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I love that the author,
Donald Jacobsen, as I do in many of my lessons added activities at the end. A
nice bonus to the book.
Good moral content and
delightfully illustrated, for kids’ toddlers to grade four with
wonderful vibrant colors.
I highly recommend for
children to read or read too.
Ages 4 - 8 years -old
‘Celestina the Astronaut Ballerina’ To learn more about the author and other books http://amzn.com/B07ZYN4VTJ
'Celestina the Astronaut Ballerina'
Author Donald Jacobsen, Illustrator Graham Evans
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