Presents a poetic celebration of women by twentieth-century American author and poet Maya Angelou, accompanied by color reproductions of paintings by nineteenth-century French Post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin.
extraordinary women describe their amazing careers
Reber, Deborah
2007
Provides profiles of over two hundred potential careers for women, discussing education, training, salary, stress levels, and dress code; and includes interviews with women in the professions.
Presents a biography of Nina Simone, discussing her early life as a musical prodigy, her careers as a pianist and singer, her work as a civil rights activist, her move to Europe, and her later performing years.
Tells the life story of Elisabeth-K?bler-Ross, the psychiatrist whose research on the experiences of dying hospital patients and their families helped medical professionals find better ways to help people with the processes of death and grieving.
Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics on different groups of American women and aspects of women's lives in the U.S., covering such topics as women's education, health, and occupations; women as criminals and as victims; women in politics; and child and elder care.
Addresses a variety of women's health issues, providing expert information as well as personal stories on such issues as body image, illness, pregnancy, childbirth, AIDS, aging, nutrition, sexuality, and others.
Tells of the lifetimes of two women in a small Ohio town from the Civil War to the New Deal, and of their views of the other ladies of the Waynesboro literary society.