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Young and Restless The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions

Mattie Kahn

NPR's Books We Love 2023 Nine months before Rosa Parks kicked off the bus boycotts, Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was fifteen. In 1912, women’s rights activists organized a massive march in support of women’s suffrage....

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The podcast discussed Mattie Kahn's book, which explores how young women have been forces for change throughout American history, impacting movements for labor and voting rights, racial equity, and reproductive freedom. The book highlights how young women have harnessed their public image to mobilize support for causes they care about.

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I'm speaking out because women and girls need to have options. Daniel Cameron would give us none.

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The podcast discussed Mattie Kahn's book, which explores how young women have been forces for change throughout American history, impacting movements for labor and voting rights, racial equity, and reproductive freedom. The book highlights how young women have harnessed their public image to mobilize support for causes they care about.

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I'm speaking out because women and girls need to have options. Daniel Cameron would give us none.

I was raped by my stepfather after years of sexual abuse. I was 12. Anyone who believes there should be no exceptions for rape and incest could never understand what it's like to stand in my shoes.

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