Rita Moreno became the first Latina woman to earn an “E.G.O.T.:” an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Rosie Lee Tompkins was a renowned Africa American quiltmaker who used dazzling colors and vivid geometric shapes to make amazing works of art.

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Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she became the first African American to attend her elementary school.

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Civil rights pioneer and campaigner, Ruby Hurley is most known for her work with the NAACP in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second woman, and first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

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Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms was a Republican United States Representative from Illinois who served from 1929 to 1931.

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Students will discuss the definition of a biography and determine what elements it contains.  Using SC DISCUS, they will research a famous person of their interest and create a web graphic organizer with key achievements and personal information from their life. Peer feedback will be given on the web creation and then an oral presentation will be given.

Sacagawea is best known for joining Louis and Clark on their expedition westward from the Mississippi to the Pacific Coast.

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Students will discuss the definition of a biography and determine what elements it contains.  They will research a saint and create a web graphic organizer with key achievements and personal information from their life. Peer feedback will be given on the web creation and then an oral presentation may be given.

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.

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Volume V | Summer 2021

Short Description:
Fifth print edition of the international literary, arts and ideas journal, San Antonio Review.

Long Description:
The fifth print edition of San Antonio Review, an international literary, arts and ideas journal.

This issue of San Antonio Review includes nearly 300 pages of art, poetry, short fiction, reviews and more.

The issue opens with editors’ notes and a “Timeline of Irresponsibility” charting Texas leaders failures in responding to the SARS-Cov-2/COVID-19 pandemic, police violence and Winter Storm Uri, among other contemporary challenges. The feature essay by Baylor University professor Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D. looks at Texas Republicans’ efforts to limit discussions in public school classrooms by attacking critical race theory. Founding Editor and Publisher William O. Pate II shares an excerpt of his work-in-progress transcription of the third volume of the report from the 1919 Texas House of Representatives Committee Investigation into the Texas Rangers for violence against Mexican Americans during the first quarter of the 20th century. A cartoon by Coyote Shook. Peter Berard, Ph.D., reviews the next world war. Postcard art by and a Q&A with Milicent Fambrough. Paintings by and a Q&A with Andrea Muñoz Martínez. Quotes, recommendations and much more.

Front cover image by A.S. Robertson. Cover design by William O. Pate II. Always read free at sareview.org.

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Internationally recognized writer Sandra Cisneros is best known for "The House on Mango Street," which has sold over six million copies.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States, was one of the most influential Americans of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Once called America's only Coal Queen, Sarah B. Cochran was a coal industry leader and philanthropist in an era when American women could not universally vote or serve on juries.

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Sarah Josepha Hale is best known for creating the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” Her influence can also be seen in historic sites and a national holiday still widely celebrated today.

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The first openly transgender person elected to a state senate in the U.S., Sarah McBride won a seat in the Delaware Senate on November 3, 2020.

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Sarah Grimké and her sister fought for abolition and women's rights.

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Selma Burke discovered her love for sculpture as a young child and followed her passion to Harlem Renaissance New York, Parisian art studios, and even the White House.

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