Chelsea Clinton.Photo: Johnny Louis/Getty
Chelsea Clinton’s children’s series about women who changed the world will get 11 new titles in 2022, with the next book —She Persisted in Science:Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference— due out in March.
The chapter book biographies — whose subjects include Coretta Scott King, Malala Yousafzai, and Temple Grandin, among others — will also all be illustrated.
Publisher Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced the news in a tweet published Friday morning,
“It’s always the right time to share inspirational stories about women who have persisted in science, and it feels particularly important now to shine a light on women scientists and their contributions to our shared public health, the fight against climate change, and so much more,” Clinton said in a statement, theAssociated Pressreported.
The statement continued: “I’m also honored to partner with ten brilliant writers, along with Alexandra Boiger and artist Gillian Flint, to continue theShePersistedchapter book series. Together we’ll share in-depth stories about ten more inspirational woman who show young readers that they can dream big, persist, and make a big difference.”
Clinton’s first illustrated book,She Persisted, about 13 American women who “changed the world,” was published in 2017.
Clinton released a follow-up — She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game— in September 2020.
The series title is an abbreviated version of “nevertheless, she persisted,” the words top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell used to silence Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren after she attempted to protest Jeff Sessions’s attorney general nomination last month. The phrase quickly became a rallying cry for Warren supporters and proponents of women’s rights.
In an interview with PEOPLE, Hillary, 72, said of the book: “I hope that grandparents will think about how important it is to share experiences like gardening with their grandchildren. Gardening is such a wonderful intergenerational activity.”
Hillary continued: “I remember so well my mother planting flowers every spring and carefully tending the garden beds and the weeding that she did, and the trimming of the roses up the trellises, on the wall of the garage. And when she later moved in with us, so many years beyond that, she still was actively interested in the garden … It made a huge impression on Chelsea when she was a little girl, to see my mother do that.”
source: people.com
