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Explorers
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Carlotta Hacker |
Profiles the lives and accomplishments of such women known for their travels as Isabella Bird Bishop, Amelia Earhart, Mary Kingsley, Annie Smith Peck, Freya Stark, and Valentina Tereshkova. |
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Great African Americans in jazz
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Carlotta Hacker |
Profiles of thirteen African American jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday. |
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Humanitarians
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Carlotta Hacker |
Traces the lives of six women who have devoted their lives to helping those in need, including Princess Diana, Dolores Huerta, Helen Keller, Graca Simbine Machel, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mother Teresa. |
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Nobel Prize winners
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Carlotta Hacker |
Chronicles the lives and achievements of women who have received Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Barbara McClintock, and Nadine Gordimer. |
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Scientists
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Carlotta Hacker |
Chronicles the lives and achievements of noted female scientists, including astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, primatologist Diane Fossey, and anthropologist Margaret Mead. |
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