Larson, Kate Clifford

Presents the first full portrait of Fannie Lou Hamer and her galvanic part in the greatest social movement of our era.

The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation.

Tells the story of the Lincoln conspiracy and traces the involvement of Mary Surratt, who was behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first woman executed by the federal government.

Chronicles the life of Harriet Tubman, discussing her childhood in slavery, her efforts to win her own freedom, her role in the formation of the Underground Railroad, the physical pain and emotional setbacks that plagued her, and other related topics.