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Cut from the Same Cloth
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Robert D. San Souci |
A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads. |
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Girls think of everything
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Catherine Thimmesh |
Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers. |
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Valentina Tereshkova
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Heather Feldman |
A biography of the Russian astronaut who was the first woman in space. |
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Stories of women in World War II
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Andrew Langley |
"More than 75 million people fought in World War II--nearly all of them men. Who was going to produce the weapons and the food, and do countless other important jobs? The answer was women. Millions s… |
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Women warriors
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Marianna Mayer |
A collection of twelve traditional tales about female military leaders, war goddesses, women warriors, and heroines from around the world, including such countries as Japan, Ireland, and Zimbabwe. |
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Code girls
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Liza Mundy |
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, the… |
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Women's suffrage
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Nancy Ohlin |
When people think about the women's suffrage movement, things like voting rights and protests may come to mind. But what was the movement all about, and what social change did it bring? This engaging… |
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What is the women's rights movement?
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Deborah Hopkinson |
From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem and Hillary Clinton, women throughout US history have fought for equality. Celebrate how far women have come with this inspiring rea… |
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Girls think of everything
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Catherine Thimmesh |
In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. What… |
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Malala Yousafzai
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Rebecca Rowell |
Describes the activist's early life, the oppressive conditions in a Taliban-controlled area of Pakistan that inspired her to advocate for women's rights, and the assassination attempt that nearly too… |
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Women heroes of the American Revolution
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Susan Casey |
Draws on new interviews with Revolutionary War descendants and historians to celebrate the lesser-known achievements of such period heroines as Sybil Ludington and Martha Bratton. |
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Feminism
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Kaye Stearman |
This exploration of the topic of feminism, its history and its gradual impact on societies throughout the world looks at how a set of ideas can influence change in society. It also examines the effec… |
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Juli Furtado
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Morgan Hughes |
A biography of the U.S. Olympic mountain biker and World Cup winner who took up cycling after a short, successful, injury-filled career as a skier. |
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Victims
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Leslie McGuire |
Examines rape and other types of violent attacks on women and discusses their possible causes, effects, and means of prevention. |
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What Can She Be? A Newscaster
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Gloria Goldreich |
Text and photographs introduce the daily duties and activities of a woman who is a radio and television journalist. |
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Women in 19th-century Europe
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Fiona MacDonald |
Examines the reality of women's lives in Europe during the 1800s and how change slowly occurred. |
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Women in a Changing World 1945-2000
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Fiona MacDonald |
Text and photos chronicle women's social and cultural history from the end of the Second World War through the end of the twentieth century, addressing such topics as home life, work life, the femini… |
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Abigail Adams
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Barbara A. Somervill |
A biography profiling the life and influence of Abigail Adams, first lady of the second president of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth U.S. president. Includes source note… |
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Votes for women
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Ann Rossi |
A brief history of American women's fight for voting rights. |
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Memories of Anne Frank
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Gold, Alison Leslie. |
Recounts the story of Hannah Goslar, a close friend of Anne Frank and one of the last to see her alive. |
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