Women Who Broke the Rules: Coretta Scott King

Well-behaved women seldom make history. –Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Many awe-inspiring women have changed the course of history. From social justice to women’s rights to discovering and shaping our amazing country, there’s nothing women haven’t left their mark on. But it’s not easy to affect change, and these women didn’t always play by the rules to make a difference! Kathleen Krull blends history and humor in this accessible young biography series.

Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist and the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. But she established a distinguished career in activism in her own right, taking part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and worked to pass the Civil Rights Act. After King’s death, she founded the Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta and remained dedicated to fighting for civil rights.