50 Trailblazers of the 50 States: Celebrate the Lives of Inspiring People Who Paved the Way from Every State in America!

With one trailblazer from every state, you'll discover how Rosa Parks from Alabama fought for civil rights, how Barack Obama from Hawaii became the USA's first Black president, how Margaret Murie from Alaska pioneered the American environmentalist movement, and how Betty Ford from Michigan improved treatment for drug addiction.

Each spread features a timeline of the trailblazer's life, key facts about their achievements, and how their trailblazing continues today. By honoring people who strove in the areas of equal rights, feminism, and environmentalism/conservation, this fact-packed book celebrates what makes America great, then and now.

Alabama: Rosa Parks
Alaska: Margaret Murie
Arizona: Cesar Chavez
Arkansas: All-American Redheads (women's basketball team)
California: Colin Kaepernick
Colorado: Corky Gonzales
Connecticut: Rebecca Lobo
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: Emma Gonzalez
Georgia: Jackie Robinson
Hawaii: Barack Obama
Idaho: Marilyn Schuler
Illinois: Betty Friedan
Indiana: Eugene V. Debs
Iowa: Carrie Chapman Catt
Kansas: William Allen White
Kentucky: Muhammad Ali
Louisiana: Norris Henderson
Maine: Dorothea Dix
Maryland: Thurgood Marshall
Massachusetts: W.E.B. DuBois
Michigan: Betty Ford
Minnesota: Maya Moore
Mississippi: Myrlie Evers-Williams
Missouri: Michael Harrington
Montana: Barbara Ehrenreich
Nebraska: Susette La Flesche
Nevada: Velma Bronn Johnson
New Hampshire: Doris Haddock
New Jersey: Paul Robeson
New Mexico: Notah Begay
New York: Margaret Sanger
North Carolina: Jessica McDonald
North Dakota: Dave Archambault
Ohio: LeBron James
Oklahoma: Woody Guthrie
Oregon: Lola Baldwin
Pennsylvania: Rachel Carson
Rhode Island: Marjorie van Vliet
South Carolina: Sarah and Angelina Grimke
South Dakota: Hubert Humphrey
Tennessee: Hattie Caraway
Texas: Lyndon Johnson
Utah: David Nelson
Vermont: Clarina I.H. Nichols
Virginia: Mildred Loving
Washington: Jenny Durkan
West Virginia: Debbie Null
Wisconsin: Robert LaFollette
Wyoming: Harriet Elizabeth Byrd

The perfect book for kids to discover the most amazing achievements in American history. Learn about key social issues including feminism and civil rights. Inspiring, informative and fun, this book can be picked up any time of day for a whistlestop tour of the United States, right from your own home, school, or library.

The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history, and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Vivid illustrations, maps, and infographics bring the places to colorful life.

Also available from the series: Only in America, Only in America Activity Book, Only in California, Only in Texas, We Are the United States, 50 Adventures in the 50 States, and The 50 States.