Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich Cover:Paperback A Kirkus Best Book of

A Kirkus Best Book of 2018

Featured in The New York Times's Nonfiction to Read This Spring

and millions of ordinary lives passing through extraordinary history

and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process

Recognize mental and emotional health problems

Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich Cover:Paperback A Kirkus Best Book ofNo Natives or Dogs Allowed, blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after becoming a seasoned fighter for equality, she would deliver her own powerful message: one that helped change Alaska and the nation forever. In 1945, Peratrovich stood before the Alaska Territorial Legislative Session and gave a powerful speech about her