Nydia Velazquez: First Puerto Rican Congresswoman

Gagne, Tammy

ISBN 10 : 168020677X ISBN 13 : 9781680206777

Editeur : Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, 2020

Synopsis

Nydia Velázquez learned about politics while sitting around her familys dinner table each evening. Her father, who worked in Puerto Ricos sugarcane fields, talked to his nine children about the importance of workers rights. He also taught them that they had a responsibility to help their community. Young Nydia took his words to heart. After earning two college degrees, she decided to put them to use helping the Puerto Rican people of New York City. She became the first Hispanic woman to hold a seat on the city council before her historic run for Congress in 1992. Her victory in that election made her the first Puerto Rican woman in the United States House of Representatives. Learn more about Nydia Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican Congresswoman in this book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mitchell Lane Pub Inc
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 168020677X
• ISBN 13: 9781680206777
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Nombre de pages: 48
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• Personne responsable: non disponible