Title The extraordinary Suzy Wright : a colonial woman on the frontier / Teri Kanefield.

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New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016.

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1672758~S1

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95th Street Juvenile Biography	J BIO WRIGHT	AVAILABLE

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Description	64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Summary	Introduces Suzy Wright, a Quaker who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62) and index.
Contents	Suzy comes to America -- At home in the land of brotherly love -- Shaking off the yoke -- A new home on the frontier -- A little romance -- Political adviser, lawyer, activist, and advocate for the Indians -- Businesswoman and scientific author -- The American Revolution and Quaker pacifism -- Celebrated poet -- Last years and legacy -- Afterword.
Audience	Age: 8-12.
	1220L Lexile
Note	Age: 8-12.
	1220L Lexile
	Accelerated Reader MG 8.0 2 192291
Study Program	Accelerated Reader MG 8.0 2 192291
Subject	Wright, Susanna, 1697-1784 -- Juvenile literature.
	Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Poets -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Clerks of court -- Pennsylvania -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Juvenile literature.
	Quakers -- Juvenile literature.
	Poets -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.
	Columbia (Pa.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN	9781419718663 (hardcover)

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