Women of our time

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Edith Wilson

the woman who ran the United States
1992
A biography of the First Lady who gave vital support to her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, and to the nation during and after World War I.

Amelia Earhart

courage in the sky
1992
Follows the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane.

Astrid Lindgren

storyteller to the world
1989
Examines the life of the Swedish storyteller who created the well-known Pippi Longstocking for her sick daughter and saw the story go on to be published in fifty languages.

Dolly Parton, country goin' to town

1986
A biography of the singer and writer of country music, with emphasis on her childhood and youth.

Margaret Thatcher

Britain's "Iron Lady"
1986
A biography of Britain's controversial and conservative prime minister.

Mother Teresa

sister to the poor
1987
Presents a brief biography of Mother Teresa, and contains information on her early years, and her work as a nun who is world renowned for helping the poor, sick, and uneducated in India and in other parts of the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the world

1986
A biography emphasizing the early years of Eleanor Roosevelt, who had enormous political influence and won love and respect as America's first lady.

Martina Navratilova, tennis power

1987
A biography emphasizing the childhood and youth of the women's tennis champion who defected from Czechoslovakia in 1975.

Our Golda, the story of Golda Meir

1986
A biography of the Israeli prime minister and world leader, emphasizing her early childhood and youth in Russia and America.

Edith Wilson

the woman who ran the United States
1993
A biography of the First Lady who gave vital support to her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, and to the nation during and after World War I.

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