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1) The Kennedys
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The Kennedy family has had a tremendous impact on US government and politics in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The Kennedys explores how the Kennedy family got their start in politics, their impact from the White House and other government positions, and how the Kennedy legacy continues to impact politics. Compelling narrative text and well-chosen historical photographs and primary sources make this book perfect for report writing....
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The Roosevelt family had a tremendous impact on US government and politics in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Roosevelts explores how the Roosevelt family got their start in politics, their impact from the White House and other government positions, and how the Roosevelt legacy continues to impact modern politicians.
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Norton Young Readers
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2021.
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"An accessible, informed, and timely biography of Lyndon Johnson that centers his life and presidency around the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Keenly known for both his triumphs and his failures, Lyndon B. Johnson was one of the most complex and compelling presidents in US history. Anne Quirk's biography alternates between chapters that follow LBJ's childhood in rural Texas learning politics from his parents, his time teaching Mexican American...
5) The Clintons
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This title explores how the Clintons got their start in politics, their impact from the White House, and how the Clinton legacy is continuing into the 2016 presidential election and beyond.
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
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[2016]
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At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out rejection: the space program didn't take women. It was a critical moment for the young girl, one that made her realize the world she lived in needed changing and that she had better try to make those changes happen. Clinton's life has been a thrilling series of firsts First Lady of the US, then first First...
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Simon & Schuster
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[2022]
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"Mother Teresa was one of the most admired women of the 20th century, and her memory continues to inspire charitable work around the world. She believed the greatest need of a human being is to love and be loved. In 1948, she founded the Missionaries of Charity to work directly with the very poorest of Calcutta. From the efforts of one woman entering the slums of Entally, the Missionaries of Charity grew into an organization operating soup kitchens,...
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