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The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities.. Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago, yet the ideas she popularized - about cities, about people, about making a better world - remain hugely relevant today. Now, in Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People, we have the first biography for young people of the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker.. Debut author Rebecca Pitts draws on archives and Jacobs's own writings to paint a vivid picture of a headstrong and principled young girl who grew into one of the most important advocates of her time, and whose impact on the city of New York in particular can still be seen today.
About the Author
Rebecca Pitts writes for and makes things with young people. She is a freelance writer (published in the New York Times for Kids, Teen Vogue, Highlights Magazine, and elsewhere) and author of the YA book JANE JACOBS: CHAMPION OF CITIES, CHAMPION OF PEOPLE (forthcoming by Seven Stories Press, Sept, 2023. ) She runs workshops in the Lower Hudson Valley Rivertowns for young writers and artists, guiding children in visual storytelling in comics, zines, and newspaper-making. A former archivist, Rebecca's happy place is in the stacks, poring over records and correspondence. She believes that all children deserve access to true, full accounts of history. She is interested in crafting various genres of children's books (including picture books and graphic novels) and is currently working on a picture book about a pioneer of journalism who set ground-breaking standards for ethics in reporting.
