Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,436
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 156055
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Women in the labor movement--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- New York
- Clothing trade
- New York.
- Women clothing workers--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- New York (State)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Business & Economics
- Strikes and lockouts
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909--Juvenile literature
- Lemlich, Clara
- Women clothing workers
- Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 19
- Strikes and lockouts--Clothing trade--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Women in the labor movement
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 8

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Honor, 2014

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2020
Commended, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Biography Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Nonfiction Selection, 2013
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