Some Girls Are Born to Lead Some Girls Are Born to Lead

Some Girls Are Born to Lead

By Michelle Markel Illustrated by LeUyen Pham Art copyright © 2015 by LeUyen Pham ABOUT THE BOOK A WHO’S-WHO OF In the 1950s, it was a man’s world. Girls weren’t GIRLS BORN TO LEAD: supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious. Even though, deep inside, they may have felt that way.

And then along came Hillary. Brave, brilliant, and 12 unstoppable, she was out to change the world. 6 10 11 They said a woman couldn’t be a mother and a lawyer. 15 Hillary was both. They said a woman shouldn’t be too 5 7 8 9 13 14 strong or too smart. Hillary was fearlessly herself. 1 3 4 24 26 20 22 27 It didn’t matter what people said—she was born to lead. 2 19 25 28 18 21 23 17 29 From Michelle Markel and LeUyen Pham comes 16 32 36 38 an inspiring portrait of a girl who fought to make a 35 difference—and paved the way for women everywhere. 31 33 34

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 30 Michelle Markel is a former freelance journalist who has written stories 37 and opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. After her two daughters were born, she started writing for young people. She has written a number of notable picture books, including, 1. entertainer Barbra Streisand; 2. author J. K. Rowling; 3. chemist Ada Yonath; 4. anthropologist Jane Goodall; most recently, Tyrannosaurus Math, The Fantastic Jungles of Henri 5. entertainer Madonna; 6. singer Aretha Franklin; 7. writer Arundhati Roy; 8. poet Maya Angelou; 9. writer Alice Rousseau, and the award-winning Brave Girl. Michelle is also a founding member of the Children’s Authors Network. She and her husband, an Munro; Supreme Court justices 10. Sonia Sotomayor, 11. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 12. Elena Kagan; 13. Burmese leader anthropologist, live in West Hills, California, with their two sweet cats. Aung San Suu Kyi; 14. Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; 15. physicist Lisa Randall; 16. actor/ humanitarian Angelina Jolie; 17. astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan; 18. actor Meryl Streep; 19. journalist Christiane

Annie HigbeeAnnie Amanpour; 20. activist Gloria Steinem; 21. chef Alice Waters; 22. activist Mother Teresa of Calcutta; 23. US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice; 24. Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff; ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR 25. German chancellor Angela Merkel; 26. British prime minister LeUyen Pham has voted in every single presidential Margaret Thatcher; 27. Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto; election since she turned eighteen. She is the author 28. General Motors CEO Mary Barra; 29. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi; and illustrator of A Piece of Cake, All the Things 30. photographer Cindy Sherman; 31. Liberian president Ellen Johnson I Love About You, and Big Sister, Little Sister. She Sirleaf; 32. philanthropist and media mogul Oprah Winfrey; has illustrated many other picture books, including 33. artist Marina Abramovi´c; 34. athlete Serena Williams; the New York Times bestsellers Grace for President 35. Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai; 36. Indian National by Kelly DiPucchio and Freckleface Strawberry by Congress president Sonia Gandhi; 37. Hillary Rodham Julianne Moore. LeUyen lives with her husband and Clinton; 38. US secretary of state Madeleine Albright. sons in California. Anouk Kluyskens