Cover of Aung San Suu Kyi

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.