women authors, american

A biography of the American author and abolitionist, Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Poetic memoir by Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of her experiences growing up in two cultures, Cuban and American, during the Cold War.

"Meditations on loss, poverty, and becoming a woman in late 1980s America, and what it means to be human"--.

A compendium of biographical and historical anecdotes, recipes, activities, and crafts from the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her nine Little House books.

Introduces readers to author Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"Follows the Ingalls family's journey through Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, back to Minnesota, and on to Dakota Territory, [examining] sixteen years of travels, unforgettable experiences, and the everyday people who became immortal through Wilder's fiction. Using additional manuscripts, letters, photographs, newspapers, and other sources ... Wilder biographer Pamela Smith Hill adds ... context and leads readers through Wilder's growth as a writer"--Amazon.com.

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the woman who used her experiences growing up in a pioneer household in the nineteenth century to write a series of classic children's novels, including "Little House on the Prairie.".

Examines the major works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, with a primary focus on the abolitionist movement and how it affected her writing, focusing on "Uncle Tom's Cabin".