Audacity

A 2015 National Jewish Book Award finalist

The inspiring story of Clara Lemlich, whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history

A gorgeously told novel in verse written with intimacy and power, Audacity is inspired by the real-life story of Clara Lemlich, a spirited young woman who emigrated from Russia to New York at the turn of the twentieth century and fought tenaciously for equal rights. Bucking the norms of both her traditional Jewish family and societal conventions, Clara refuses to accept substandard working conditions in the factories on Manhattan's Lower East Side. For years, Clara devotes herself to the labor fight, speaking up for those who suffer in silence. In time, Clara convinces the women in the factories to strike, organize, and unionize, culminating in the famous Uprising of the 20,000.

Powerful, breathtaking, and inspiring, Audacity is the story of a remarkable young woman, whose passion and selfless devotion to her cause changed the world.

Author: Melanie Crowder
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/05/2016
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780147512499
ISBN10: 0147512492
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | United States | 20th Century
- Young Adult Fiction | Novels in Verse
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women

About the Author
Melanie Crowder (www.melaniecrowder.net) lives on the Colorado Front Range where she is a writer and educator. She teaches English to non-native-English-speaking students at her local school and holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Follow Melanie on Twitter at @MelanieACrowder.