women

Presents an illustrated photographic biography of Helen Keller, who became both deaf and blind as an infant, and chronicles her life, struggles, and triumphs.

An account of the finding of the first entire skeleton of an ichthyosaur, an extinct sea reptile, by a twelve-year-old English girl who went on to become a paleontologist.

A brief biography of the life and achievements of nineteenth-century women's rights activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who fought for a woman's right to vote.

In 1869, a woman whose "can-do" attitude had shaped her life was instrumental in making Wyoming the first state to allow women to vote, then became the first woman to hold public office in the United States.

Presents a collection of illustrated photographs and stories representing the life and career of Eleanor Roosevelt, and examines her White House years, her years as a delegate to the United Nations, and more.

A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the woman who helped to bring about peace and friendship between English settlers in Virginia and the native Powhatan people.

A biography of Dorothea Lange, whose photographs of migrant workers, Japanese American internees, and rural poverty helped bring about important social reforms.

A biography of the chemist whose work with radium laid the foundation for much of today's scientific knowledge, told in the form of an imagined interview.

Briefly describes the parts played by a few women in the American Revolution, including Deborah Samson, Nancy Morgan Hart, Sybil Ludington, Phillis Wheatley, Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and Mary Katherine Goddard.

Examines the roles some women played during the Civil War including Clara Barton who nursed the wounded, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, a former slave who spied on Jefferson Davis; Rose Greenhow, a Confederate spy; Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who helped others to escape; and Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin.".