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First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. PIONEERS AND PRESERVATIONISTS: Mary Austin Holley -- Ann Raney Coleman -- Jane Long -- Adina De Zavala -- Clara Driscoll -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Anne Legendre Armstrong -- 2. WOMEN OF FAITH: Elizabeth Seton -- Mary Baker Eddy -- Mary Shindler -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Marj Carpenter -- 3. EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE: Emma Willard -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Lynne Cheney -- Ruth Simmons -- Rosalyn Yalow -- 4. SAVING LIVES: Clara Barton -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Elizabeth Dole -- Bernardine Healy -- Antonia Novello -- 5. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Sarah Winnemucca -- Elizabeth Palmer Peabody -- 6. A WOMAN'S ART: Mary Cassatt -- Marian Anderson -- Latina Performers -- Selena Quintanilla -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Beverly Sills -- 7. CONQUERING THE SKIES: Amelia Earhart -- Jacqueline Cochran -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Sally Ride -- 8. PUBLIC LIVES, PUBLIC SERVICE: Margaret Chase Smith -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Geraldine Ferraro -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- 9. RENAISSANCE WOMEN: Oveta Culp Hobby -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Carleton S. Fiorina -- Muriel Siebert -- Madeleine Albright -- Condoleezza Rice -- 10. WOMEN LOOK AT THE WORLD: Margaret Bourke-White -- Marguerite Higgins -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Barbara Walters -- Cokie Roberts -- Jane Friedman -- 11. SETTING RECORDS, MAKING HISTORY: Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias -- Althea Gibson -- WOMEN OF TODAY: Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Nadia Comaneci. |
| Subject |
Heroes -- United States -- Biography.
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Women heroes -- United States -- Biography.
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Women -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0060566353 alkaline paper |
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