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Brave Harriet
The story of Harriet Quimby, the first woman to earn a pilot's license and the first woman to fly across the English Channel, is told in the first person. An author's note adds historical facts.
| Author: Moss, Marissa |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Coast to Coast with Alice
A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed the country in a Maxwell car becoming the first women to do so. Written as a journal by Minna Jahns, the 15-year-old friend of Alice Ramsey, the narrative includes the physical dif
| Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Girls
The subtitle, A History of Growing Up Female in America, tells it all. The 10 chapters cover history from colonial America to the Millennium. A good index and Selections for Further Reading make this a good reference text. The author selects girls from
| Author: Colman, Penny |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Library for Juana, A
This beautifully illustrated imaginative biography (little is known) focuses on the early life of Juana Ramirez de Asbaje, who became the first and one of the greatest Mexican poets known as Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz. The author includes a glossary, furt
| Author: Mora, Pat |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females
All the poems in this collection are about women and girls, some famous and some not. The three sections of the book are "When I Am Me," "She's a Winner" (about sports), and "Against the Odds." Work from some famous poets is included.
| Author: Morrison, Lillian (comp.) |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
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October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one year old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard, was beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. The book is a collection of 68 poems from various perspectives concerning this crime.
| Author: Newman, Leslea |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Rosie the Riveter
This carefully researched book tells the story of the millions of women who worked in factories during WW II, how they got there, and how they were persuaded to return home after the war was over. The volume is illustrated with archival photographs and c
| Author: Colman, Penny |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Ruby's Wish
The author tells the story of her Chinese grandmother, Ruby, who yearned for learning and the opportunity to attend the university, which was against custom.
| Author: Bridges, Shirin Yim |
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Separate Battle, A: Women and the Civil War
This must-have addition to a Civil War collection weaves together stories of slave women, abolitionists, women's rights leaders, and famous and not-so-famous women to offer a look at women's experiences during the Civil War. Diaries and letters are frequ
| Author: Chang, Ina |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers
The story of Blanche Leathers, the country's first female steamboat captain, sailing on the Mississippi River.
| Author: Gilliland, Judith Heide |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Wreck of the Zanzibar, The
When Laura Perryman dies, her great-nephew Michael gets her diary. The diary reveals remarkable stories about a time when people lived off the bounty (and at the mercy) of the ocean. This story "of a family bound by respect for nature seamlessly blends
| Author: Morpurgo, Michael |
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