Book 2014
Aung San Suu Kyi
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- Publisher
- Rosen Publishing
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Women political activists
- Politics and government
- JUVENILE NONFICTION
- Democracy
- Science & Technology
- Women political prisoners
- Women Nobel Prize winners
- Biography & Autobiography
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.