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A biography of the woman pilot who organized and commanded the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during World War II and became the first civilian woman to receive the Distinguished Service Medal.

A biography of one of the first women reporters, whose trip around the world in less than eighty days made her an international celebrity.

A biography of the Comanche chief who led his people against confinement on reservations, but once confinement occurred he helped the tribe to accept and benefit from reservation life.

A biography of the New England grandmother who began painting seriously at age seventy and kept it up until she was over a hundred years old.

A brief biography of the man who overcame many obstacles to become a renowned photographer and film maker.

A biography of the African-American man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and published several popular almanacs.

A biography of the minister, orator, and crusader for equal civil rights who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

A biography of the priest who devoted his life to caring for homeless boys.

A biography of the Nobel prize-winning physicist who designed the first atomic piles, produced the first nuclear chain reaction, and aided in the development of the atomic bomb.

A biography of the famous jazz trumpeter who began his musical career singing songs on New Orleans street corners.