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Chelsea Clinton Is Publishing a Childrens Book Called: "She Persisted"
I apologize if this has been posted before... but it's new-to-me... so I thought I'd share in case anyone else had also missed seeing it.
http://fortune.com/2017/03/16/chelsea-clinton-childrens-book-she-persisted/
Chelsea Clinton Is Publishing a Children’s Book Called ‘She Persisted’
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton is publishing a children's picture book called She Persisted.
Clinton, who is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, announced the news on Twitter Thursday. "Persistence has changed the course of history - I'm so excited to share stories of girls & women who didn't take no for answer on May 30th," she wrote, while sharing an image of the book's cover.
The book will feature 13 different historic women, including: Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich, Nellie Bly, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin, Ruby Bridges, Margaret Chase Smith, Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sotomayor, and one cameo.
The title of the book is a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's now infamous words to Sen. Elizabeth Warren. During a debate in February about the confirmation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, McConnell and other Republicans invoked a little-known rule to formally silence her. At the time, Warren was speaking out against the Sessions by reading a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King.
(More at link above.)
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton is publishing a children's picture book called She Persisted.
Clinton, who is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, announced the news on Twitter Thursday. "Persistence has changed the course of history - I'm so excited to share stories of girls & women who didn't take no for answer on May 30th," she wrote, while sharing an image of the book's cover.
The book will feature 13 different historic women, including: Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich, Nellie Bly, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin, Ruby Bridges, Margaret Chase Smith, Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sotomayor, and one cameo.
The title of the book is a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's now infamous words to Sen. Elizabeth Warren. During a debate in February about the confirmation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, McConnell and other Republicans invoked a little-known rule to formally silence her. At the time, Warren was speaking out against the Sessions by reading a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King.
(More at link above.)
