Pauli Murray's Revolutionary Life

2023 IPNE Award Finalist, Young Adult

2022 Foreword INDIES Winner, Honorable Mention, Juvenile Nonfiction

Inspiring and timely, Pauli Murray's Revolutionary Life is the riveting story of an African American woman, born in 1910, who blazed through the barriers of race and gender decades before the Civil Rights and Women's Movements. Pauli Murray fearlessly rode freight trains dressed as a boy during the Great Depression and befriended First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt before embarking on a pioneering life of social activism, legal scholarship, and many firsts. In 1944, Pauli graduated first in her class at Howard University; in 1965, she was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in law from Yale University; in 1966, she was a founder of NOW, the first National Organization for Women; and in 1977, Pauli was the first Black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest. Pauli never faced a barrier she couldn't smash through, and her life as a feminist, civil rights lawyer, poet, author, activist, and priest paved the way for all to live a life of equality and purpose.

Author: Simki Kuznick
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rootstock Publishing
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781578690763


Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Honorable Mention