Betraying Big Brother

Betraying Big BrotherOn the eve of International Womens Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for thirty seven days. The Feminist Five became a global cause clbre, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages. But the Five are only symbols of a much larger feminist movement of civil rights lawyers, labor activists, performance artists, and online warriors

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Easy-to-assemble music box kit contains everything needed to make beautiful music

This vibrant collection celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment and the daring individuals who upended tradition to empower future generations of women

The original letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams containing the quote is in the Library's Manuscript Division collection

In an all-too-realistic novel

Illustrator: Adam Rex

Eliza Pinckney

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Embroidered fabric is richly detailed with light-catching metallic cording

Low-relief sterling silver