history

Discusses the fight for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted all women the right to vote when it was ratified in 1920.

Examines twenty young female inventors and their creations, from Jennifer Donabar and her electric lock to Jeanie Low and her kiddie stool.

Traces the history of African American women on the western frontier in their roles as abolitionists, educators, pioneers, and mail-order brides.

Discusses the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from the scientific beginnings to the tragic aftermath.

A history of karate from the meditations of Chinese Buddhist monks to the power and flair of modern students.

A biography of a tireless civil rights worker and the United States' leading advocate for children, Marion Wright Edelman.

Tells the story of the founder of the Children's Defense Fund, tracing her life from her modest beginnings in the rural, segregated South to her rise to prominence as an advocate of children's rights.

Recounts the story of American slavery from African captivity to emancipation, through excerpts from slave autobiographies and slavery documents.

Examines the background of the present crisis in the Middle East precipitated by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; and discusses the Arab-Israeli conflict and the search for a solution to the Palestinian problem.

Photographs and text trace the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.