Yannuzzi, Della A

Profiles the life and career of author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, who travelled extensively to study and collect African-American culture and folklore, and became an influential writer of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance.

Readers learn about the life and accomplishments of African American author Zora Neale Hurston.

Text and photographs discuss the life and achievements of the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller.

Describes the life and career of the Pulitzer and Nobel prize winner whose accounts of his adventures and new style of writing brought him worldwide recognition.

A biography of Polish scientist Marie Curie that chronicles her childhood, education, marriage to Pierre Curie, and scientific breakthrough in the fields of both chemistry and physics that led to her being the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in both disciplines.

A biography of the African-American woman who went from being a laundress to a self-made millionaire.

Traces the life of the first African-American woman to go into space, from her childhood in Chicago through her astronaut training and first spaceflight to life after working with NASA.

Explores the life and career of African-American author Zora Neale Hurston, discussing how her studies of African-American culture and folklore helped her write her novels, plays, and stories.