Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Publication Information
Author:  Don Brown	Illustrator:  Don Brown
Title:  Ruth Law Thrills a Nation	Date:  1993
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin	City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0395664047	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| language arts - writing
Summary:
The author recounts in easy text and wondrful watercolor illustrations the 1919 flight of Ruth Law from Chicago to New York.
Teaching Ideas:
This is another interesting book to add to the text set on aviation or women aviators. Readers might want to compare her journey with that of Lindbergh (to determine the difficulty for women) or with Bessie Colman (to determine the difficulty for people of color). Interested readers will want to look at Don Brown's other unusual women, and perhaps, discuss or write about them as a group.
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Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > taking risks History > time period > 20th Century Transportation > flight > airplanes Transportation > flight > aviators Social Studies > sociology > women > feminism Social Studies > sociology > women > women in history Transportation > flight > aviators > Law, Ruth

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