Brief biographies of six influential women in the field of education : Emma Hart Willard, Mary Lyon, Patty Smith Hill, Florence Sabin, Mary McLeod Bethune.
Brief biographies of six famous female aviators--Amelia Earhart, Anne Morrow Lindberg, Jacqueline Cochran, Jerrie Mock, Geraldyn Cobb, and Emily Howell--as well as a chapter on other outstanding women in that field.
Biographies of Minnie Fiske, Ethel Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Lillian Hellman, and Julie Harris, and profiles of 10 other outstanding women of American theater.
Presents the lives and achievements of six women--Sarah and Angelina Grimk?, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone--whose activities to earn rights for women took great courage as they faced ridicule and scorn.
Brief biographies of five women prominently involved in the labor movement in the United States: Mother Jones, Mary Heaton Vorse, Frances Perkins, Addie Wyatt, and Dolores Huerta. Also includes 11 other women who have made outstanding contributions.
Brief biographies of six prominent American women artists: Mary Cassatt, Grandma Moses, Georgia O'Keefe, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler, and Suzanne Jackson.
Presents brief biographies of five prominent women in the field of music. Includes conductor Antonia Brico, opera stars Beverly Sills and Leontyne Price, composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, and violinist Dylana Jenson. Other outstanding women in music are listed in the appendix.
