Madeleine Albright: Stateswoman [Hardcover]

Judy L. Hasday (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1997 | Series: Women of Achievement

Focuses on the accomplishments of the former United States ambassador to the United Nations who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of State.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up-In 1996, Albright became the first woman in history to be Secretary of State, the fourth-highest ranking position in U.S. government. This biography conveys Albright's intelligence, diplomacy, and patriotism as effectively as Jeremy Byman's affecting Madam Secretary (Morgan Reynolds, 1997), though for an older audience. Hasday goes into great detail about the European history that shaped her subject's early life and explores her experience of learning as an adult that her family converted to Catholicism from Judaism, and that her grandparents had been killed by Nazis. This section includes photographs of concentration-camp prisoners. There are also many black-and-white photos of Albright as a child, of her family, and of the Secretary of State at work. Good for assignments year-round, and especially valuable for women's history month.
Rebecca O'Connell, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791047083
• ISBN-13: 978-0791047088
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,802,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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