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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
THE 1920s–1930S
DOLORES HUERTA
BONNIE BARTLETT
THE 1940S
GLORIA MOLINA
SUSAN MORRISON
WILLIABEL JONES DAVIS
THE 1950S
TRISH MCEVOY
MARGARET SEMRUD-CLIKEMAN
CHERI STEINKELLNER
BRENDA BOWEN
FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
HOLLY KNIGHT
THE 1960S
MARGARET STOHL
ANNA PONDER
JILL LORIE
KATRINA ADAMS
LIBBA BRAY
THE 1970S
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ
ABBY FALIK
REBECCA SOFFER
TINA HAY
ANJANETTE JOHNSTON
ZAREEN JAFFERY
THE 1980S
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO
JENA FRIEDMAN
EMILY CALANDRELLI
JODY HOUSER
LORETTA MIRANDA
LENORE ZION
KATIE BUTTON
THE 1990S
VICTORIA AVEYARD
JOAN HANAWI
NOOR TAGOURI
TILLIE WALDEN
THE 2000S
QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS
ZOEY LUNA
MATTIE JOHNSTON
THE 2010S
NOTES
CONTRIBUTORS
SUPPORT GIRLS AND WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD
SPECIAL THANKS
COPYRIGHT
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