Being from Nebraska, it can be hard to imagine that changing the world is at all possible.
But… Open this book and you’ll quickly discover – That “impossibility” is, in fact, our shared history!
Meet Red Cloud, the member of the Oglala tribe who fought for his community to keep their homeland – and won.
Meet Jay W. Forrester, a computer engineer who noticed similar patterns between computers and people and realized they could be used to help people.
Meet Grace Abbott – She spent her life fighting for the rights of immigrants and even helped lay the foundation for our country’s child labor laws!
Beautifully illustrated and incredibly inspiring, Courageous People from Nebraska Who Changed the World is a must-read for any young Nebraskan.
Courageous People from Nebraska Who Changed the World