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Title The women who built Hollywood : 12 trailblazers in front of and behind the camera / Susan Goldman Rubin.
Author Rubin, Susan Goldman, author.
Publication Info. New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]
©2023
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 Alafaya  791.4365 RUB    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  791.4365 RUB    Check Shelves
 South Trail  791.4365 RUB    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 207 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographic references (pages 174-181) and index.
Contents Foreword / Ruth E. Carter -- Mary Pickford -- Lillian Gish -- Frances Marion -- Louise Beavers -- Fredi Washington -- Hattie McDaniel -- Marion Wong -- Anna May Wong -- Dorothy Arzner -- Margaret Booth -- Clare West -- Helen Holmes -- Afterword: Women in Hollywood today.
Summary Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
Subject Women in the motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women in motion pictures -- History.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 -- Juvenile literature.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 -- Juvenile literature.
Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 -- Juvenile literature.
Beavers, Louise, 1902-1962 -- Juvenile literature.
Washington, Fredi, 1903-1994 -- Juvenile literature.
McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952 -- Juvenile literature.
Wong, Marion E., 1895-1969 -- Juvenile literature.
Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961 -- Juvenile literature.
Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 -- Juvenile literature.
Booth, Margaret, 1898-2002 -- Juvenile literature.
West, Clare, 1879-1961 -- Juvenile literature.
Holmes, Helen, 1891-1950 -- Juvenile literature.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Juvenile literature.
Young adult literature.
Genre Young adult nonfiction.
Biographies.
Added Author Carter, Ruth E., 1960- author of foreword.
ISBN 9781662680106 (hardcover) : $18.99
1662680104 (hardcover)
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