Rad American Women A-Z: A Historical Analysis

On April 20th, our class and many other classes from American Indian Public Charter School II walked to the library to listen in a meeting room to two exceptional female teachers. Not only teachers, these two women were the author, Kate Schatz, and illustrator, Miriam Klein Stahl of the book, Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Very Brief Overview

Within an hour, the two first introduced themselves. They also addressed Harriet Tubman, a woman, being on the newest $20 bill. While the author talked, the illustrator showed her black and white cut-out silhouette art on the projector. The author then read us some of her book. Each letter of the alphabet represented another woman

Yes, I am grateful for all the strong and brave women who stood up for their rights. I agree that women are equal to their male counterparts. Throughout the presentation, I was caught up in my own thoughts. “Don’t men deserve credit too? Why do I see so much focus today on women, yet some men are working harder than them? Women are equal to men, not greater than them. I see no books on American male heroes. You said you were writing about female heroes to show young teenagers and adults that they can make a difference. Won’t not showing heroes of males cause boys to feel somewhat discouraged? There are as much, or even more American male heroes that had an impact to our society in the past and in the present than there are female heroes. If men and women were equals, why segregate the two genders? The women's suffrage movements have passed. Today, both genders of heroes deserve to be in the same book.” These were some of the many thoughts I stormed through during her presentation. As Josie, Emily, Diane, Yucca, and Queenie are feminists, I am a defender of male’s rights. (Do not mistake me for a