Profiles

Traces the history of the labor movement in the United States through brief biographies of labor leaders: Samuel Gompers, Eugene Debs, William Haywood, "Mother" Jones, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Jimmy Hoffa, and Cesar Chavez.

Describes how people like Alfred Nobel, Cecil Rhodes, Andrew Carnegie, Julius Rosenwald, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur first made and then gave away vast sums of money.

Describes the lives and political careers of eleven women who have served in the Congress: Jeannette Rankin, Margaret Chase Smith, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Barbara Mikulski, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, and Carol Moseley Braun.

Profiles ten figures in American history who have been accused of betraying their country, including Benedict Arnold, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and Aldrich Ames.

Describes the lives and schemes of noted con artists.

Describes the achievements of the founder of the militant women's suffrage movement who formed the "suffragettes.".

A biography of the nun whose many years of working with the poor and outcast people was recognized with the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

Recounts Helen's life and her triumph over appalling handicaps in the face of insuperable odds.

Describes how Indira Gandhi, intimately involved in Indian political life even from childhood, became prime minister and the first woman to lead her country.

Describes the life of a Jewish teenage girl living in Holland during World War II. After two years of hiding, the Nazis captured her.