Aung San Suu Kyi

Description:

Aung San Suu Kyi was born to lead. Following in the footsteps of her dissident father, Aung San, she has resisted the machinations of a corrupt government for years and paid dearly for it. In a largely biographical format, this book details Aung''s rise as an opposition leader in Myanmar (formerly Burma), telling the story of a woman who willingly sacrificed her freedoms for those of her people. Background information and notable moments in her struggle are called out in boxed inserts.

subjects: Women political activists,  Politics and government,  JUVENILE NONFICTION,  Democracy,  Science & Technology,  Women political prisoners,  Women Nobel Prize winners,  Biography & Autobiography,  Juvenile literature,  Biography,  Burma,  Burma, juvenile literature,  Women, political activity,  Democracy, juvenile literature

People: Aung San Suu Kyi

Places: Burma

Times: 1988-