Wilma Mankiller / written by Traci Sorell ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint.
Material type: TextSeries: She persistedPublisher: New York : Philomel Books, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 57 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593403037
- 9780593403051
- She persisted. Wilma Mankiller [Cover title]
- Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010 -- Juvenile literature
- Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010
- Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010
- Cherokee Indians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Indian women activists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Cherokee women
- Cherokee Indians -- Biography
- Kings, queens, rulers, etc
- Women -- Biography
- Cherokee Indians
- Indian women activists
- Indians -- Kings and rulers
- Cherokee women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Cherokee Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Cherokee Indians -- Juvenile literature
- Cherokee Indians -- Biography
- Cherokee women -- Biography
- Women -- Biography
- Cherokee Indians
- Oklahoma -- Biography
- United States
- 973.04975570092 B 23
- E99.C5 M33825 2022
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"Inspired by She persisted by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger."--Title page.
"Based on the bestselling picture book series by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-57).
A girl called Pearl -- Bay Area blues -- Alcatraz and activism -- Home to Mankiller flats -- Leading her people -- Inspiring others -- How you can persist.
The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. As she got older and learned more about the injustices her people had faced, she dedicated her life to instilling pride in Native heritage and reclaiming Native rights. She went on to become the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.