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Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
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by Karen Blumenthal


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A riveting look at the tumultuous history of abortion rights in the United States leading up to the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, by award-winning author and journalist Karen Blumenthal. Tracing the path to the 19th century to the pivotal decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines, in a straightforward tone, the root causes of the current debate around abortion and its repercussions that have rippled through generations of American women. This urgent book is the perfect tool to facilitate discussion and awareness of a topic that affects each and every person in the United States.

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  • Title Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
  • Author Karen Blumenthal
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Roaring Brook Press
  • Date 2020-02-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781626721654 / 1626721653
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.3 x 1.5 in (22.86 x 16.00 x 3.81 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 13
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Roe, Jane, Wade, Henry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019941017
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.198

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2020, Page 76
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 02/01/2020, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2020, Page 98
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2020, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/16/2019, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2020, Page 97
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 04/01/2020, Page 0

About the author

Karen Blumenthal (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with The Dallas Morning News and twenty-five with The Wall Street Journal--where her work helped earn the paper a Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks--before becoming an award-winning children's non-fiction book writer. Three of her books, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, and Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award. Karen was also the author of Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (named a Sibert Honor Book), Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX (winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award), Tommy: The Gun That Changed America, Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend, and Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights.

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