Description |
117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Girls know best |
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Girls know best.
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Note |
Originally published: Hillsboro, Or. : Beyond Words Pub., 1998. |
Bibliography |
Includes index. |
Summary |
Tells the stories of thirty-five girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplishments. |
Contents |
Cleopatra VII, ruler of Egypt -- Joan of Arc, warrior and saint -- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, scholar and poet -- Eliza Lucas Pinckney, agricultural entrepreneur -- Phillis Wheatley, poet -- Maria Theresia von Paradis, pianist and composer -- Sacagawea, guide and interpreter -- Dr. Miranda "James" Barry, doctor -- Mary Anning, fossil hunter -- Queen Victoria, ruler of the British Empire -- Virginia Reed, pioneer -- Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator, abolitionist, and suffragette -- Sarah Bernhardt, actress -- Emma Lazarus, poet -- Helen Keller, writer and advocate for the blind -- Bessie Smith, singer and "Empress of the Blues" -- Irène Joliot-Curie, chemist -- Queen Salote Tupou III, ruler of Tonga -- Frida Kahlo, painter -- Mother Teresa, missionary to the poor -- Mary Leakey, archaeologist and anthropologist -- Babe Didrikson, Olympic athlete -- Indira Gandhi, ruler of India -- Anne Frank, diarist -- Wilma Rudolph, Olympic athlete -- Susan Eloise (S. E.) Hinton, novelist -- Amatalrauf al-Sharki, celebrity and women's rights activist -- Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gymnast : Sheryl Swoopes, professional basketball player -- Wang Yani, painter -- Vanessa-Mae Nicholson, violinist -- Cristen Powell, drag racer -- Martina Hingis, tennis champion. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.1 5.0 2550. |
Subject |
Girls -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Girls.
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Heroes.
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Women -- Biography.
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Added Author |
McCann, Jerry, illustrator.
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ISBN |
0836824547 library binding |
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9780836824544 library binding |
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