Title Great women in the struggle : an introduction for young readers / Toyomi Igus, editor ; Toyomi Igus .. [and others], contributing writers..

Publication Info.	Orange, NJ : Just Us Books, [1991]
	©1991

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Location	Call No.	Status
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department	J920 GRE	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY J920 GREAT	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J UNITED STATES 920.72 GRE	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department	J920 GRE	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	107 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Series	Book of Black heroes ; v. 2
	Book of Black heroes ; v. 2.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-101) and index.
Contents	Freedom fighters : breaking down barriers. Queen Nzingha -- Soujourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Ellen Craft -- Mary Church Terrell -- Ida B. Wells -- Amy-Jacques Garvey -- Queen Mother Goose -- Ella Baker -- Clara M. Hale -- Dorothy I. Height -- Rosa Parks -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Coretta S. King -- Winnie Mandela -- Marian W. Edelman -- Angela Y. Davis --
	Educators : building strong foundations. Fannie J. Coppin -- Charlotte F. Grimké -- Lucy C. Laney -- Mary M. Bethune -- Septima P. Clark -- Daisy Bates -- Jean B. Hutson -- Marva N. Collins -- Mary H. Futrell --
	Writers & fine artists : the power of creativity. Phillis Wheatley -- Frances W. Harper -- Edmonia Lewis -- Augusta Savage -- Zora N. Hurston -- Margaret Walker -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Alice Childress -- Maya Angelou -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Toni Morrison -- Alice Walker -- Lorna Simpson --
	Performing artists : bearing witness through self expression. Hattie McDaniel -- Marian Anderson -- Mary Lou Williams -- Katherine Dunham -- Mahalia Jackson -- Lena Horne -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Ruby Dee -- Sarah Vaughan -- Leontyne Price -- Miriam Makeba -- Nina Simone -- Cicely Tyson -- Aretha Franklin -- Judith Jamison --
	Athletes : the spirit of champions. Alice Coachman -- Althea Gibson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Florence G. Joyner -- Cheryl Miller --
	Entrepreneurs : taking care of business. Biddy Mason -- Madame C.J. Walker -- Maggie L. Walker -- Susan Taylor -- Suzanne de Passe -- Phyllis T. Vinson -- Oprah Winfrey --
	Lawyers & policy makers : forging equal justice. Charlotte E. Ray -- Edith Sampson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Constance B. Motley -- Cardiss Collins -- Yvonne B. Burke -- Barbara Jordan -- Eleanor H. Norton -- Maxine Waters --
	Scientists & healers : exploring without boundaries. Mary E. Mahoney -- Rebecca J. Cole -- Susie King Taylor -- Bessie Coleman -- Jane C. Wright -- Jewel Plummer Cobb -- Clarice D. Reid -- Faye Wattleton -- Mae C. Jemison --
Local Note	.
	c.1 17.95 pb.
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	c.1 17.95 pb.
Subject	African American women -- Biography.
Added Author	Igus, Toyomi.
ISBN	0940975262 paperback
	9780940975262 paperback
	0940975270 lib. ed.
	9780940975279 lib. ed.

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