She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History by Chelsea Clinton

Author:Chelsea Clinton [Clinton, Chelsea]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2018-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

“At first the threads seemed so tangled and broken, but I am beginning to think that life may have a pattern after all.”

After going to law school, Aisha Rateb hoped to become a judge in Egypt. But the then prime minister told Aisha that she couldn’t because a female judge would be against the traditions of society. She persisted in doing important legal work, helping to write a new constitution for Egypt, crafting new rules to protect women and people with disabilities, and serving as Egypt’s first female ambassador. More than fifty years after Aisha was told no, the first woman was appointed to Egypt’s highest court, thanks, in part, to Aisha.

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