A collection of forty brief stories about contributions made by American women in the areas of civil rights, politics, sports, science, education, medicine, military service, business, and the arts.
Brief biographies and portraits of forty-two wives, sisters, daughters, nieces, and other relatives of Presidents who have served as White House hostesses, from Martha Washington to Barbara Bush.
Text and accompanying photographs present the biographies of five women photographers: Julia Margaret Cameron, Margaret Bourke-White, Flor Garduno, Sandy Skoglund, and Lorna Simpson.
Story of the first three African Americans to journey into space and the others who have followed them and taken their place in the forefront of space exploration and discovery.
Presents through text, photographs, and illustrations African-Americans who have produced inventions that made major contributions to a range of fields, often in the face of enormous obstacles and often with scant recognition.
a searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High
Beals, Melba
2002
Beals chronicles her harrowing junior year at Central High where she underwent the segregationists' brutal organized campaign of terrorism which included telephone threats, vigilante stalkers, economic blackmailers, rogue police, and much more.
