Record details

• ISBN: 1570915229
• ISBN: 9781570915239
• Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2005]
• Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31).

Formatted Contents Note:

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), pilot -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956), athlete -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1980), astronomer -- Dolores Huerta (1930-), union co-founder -- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), first lady -- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), painter -- Grace Hopper (1906-1992), computer scientist -- Helen Keller (1880-1968), advocate for the disabled -- Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), photographer -- Jane Goodall (1934-), naturalist -- Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-), ice skating champion -- Lena Horne (1917-), entertainer -- Maya Lin (1959-), architect -- Nawal El Sadaawi (1931-), women's rights activist -- Oprah Winfrey (1954-), talk show host -- Patricia Schroeder (1940-), congresswoman -- Quah Ah (1893-1949), artist -- Rachel Carson (1907-1964), environmentalist -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), democratic leader -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997), servant of the poor -- Ursula Le Guin (1929-), writer -- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990), diplomat -- Wilma Mankiller (1945-), chief of the Cherokee nation -- Chen Xiefen (1883-1923), journalist -- Yoshiko Uchida (1922-1992), writer -- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), anthropologist, writer.

Target Audience Note:

AD1040L Lexile

Study Program Information Note:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 7 1 85969.

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Subject:

Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women.
Womyn.

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Alphabet books.
Biographies.