Women in profile

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Scientists

Chronicles the lives and achievements of noted female scientists, including astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, primatologist Dian Fossey, and anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Humanitarians

Traces the lives of six women who have devoted their lives to helping those in need.
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Scientists

Chronicles the lives and achievements of noted female scientists, including astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, primatologist Dian Fossey, and anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Leaders in medicine

1999
Chronicles the lives and achievements of pioneering women in medicine, including cardiologist Helen Brook Taussig, pathologist Alice Hamilton, psychoanalyst Anna Freud, and medical researcher Florence Sabin.

Rebels

1999
Chronicles the lives and achievements of revolutionary women, including civil rights activist Angela Davis, human rights activist Rigoberta Menchu, and suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst.

Athletes

1999
Chronicles the lives and achievements of talented women athletes, including speed skater Bonnie Blair, gymnast Nadia Comenici, and track athlete Wilma Rudolph.

Visual & performing artists

1999
Chronicles the lives and achievements of eighteen talented women in the arts, including painter Georgia O'Keeffe, dancer Natalia Makarova, singers Madonna and Buffy Sainte-Marie, and comedian Lily Tomlin.
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