People who made a difference

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Louis Braille

The life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used by the blind throughout the world.

Jane Addams

2002
A biography of the woman who founded Hull-House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States, and who later became involved in the international peace movement.

Marie Curie

pioneer in the study of radiation
1990
A biography of the chemist whose work with radium laid the foundation for much of today's scientific knowledge.

Mikhail Gorbachev

changing the world order
1992
An account of the life and times of this leader who is promoting reform in the Soviet Union.

Mahatma Gandhi

champion of human rights
1990
Follows the life of the statesman who was a key figure in India's fight for independence from Great Britain.

Louis Pasteur

2002
A brief biography of nineteenth-century French scientist Louis Pasteur, discussing his study of germ microbes and his discovery of the process now known as pasteurization in which germs are killed with heat.

John Muir

2002
Provides a brief introduction to the career of botanist John Muir, focusing on his efforts to preserve Yosemite National Park.

Florence Nightingale

2002
A biography of the famous English nurse who served in the Crimean War.

Daniel Boone

2002
A biography of the pioneer who led the settlement of the area that is now Kentucky in the the late 1700s.

Abraham Lincoln

2002
A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States.

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