Beginning biographies: American women

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Jackie Mitchell

baseball player
1995
Explores teh life and career of the second woman ever to play professional baseball who believed that women had the skills to play on the same teams as men and spent her life fighting for women's rights in sports.

Dona Felisa Rincon de Gautier

Mayor of San Juan
1995
Explores the life of the first mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico who served her community for over twenty years making it a better place to live.

Maya Lin

architect
1995
Offers a brief introduction to the life of architect Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.

Rachel Carson

writer and scientist
1995
Explores the life of Rachel Carson, the scientist and writer who helped change the way we look at our earth.
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