| Description |
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
When I am me: the drum / Nikki Giovanni -- Yes, it was my grandmother / Luci Tapahonso -- Pioneer girl driving west / Ann Turner -- The rebel / Mari Evans -- from adventures of Isabel / Ogden Nash -- The artist, Georgia O'Keeffe / Monica Kulling -- [The poet Emily] / Emily Dickinson -- Sylvia Earle: deep ocean explorer / Bobbi Katz -- The girl who makes the cymbals bang / X. J. Kennedy -- Girl with sampler / Stanley Kunitz -- If I were a kite / Jacqueline Sweeney -- Conquering the enemy / Cynthia Pederson -- When I am me / Felice Holman -- Family eccentric / Edward Willey -- She's a winner: Round the bases / Robert L. Harrison -- Rosie the rollerblader / Lillian Morrison -- I want to swim / Jacqueline Sweeney -- Lashondra scores! / J. Patrick Lewis -- Lucky Sukey / X. J. Kennedy -- Little league southpaw / Patricia Hubbell -- Fastest woman in the world / Anita Wintz -- For Annie on her unicycle / Conrad Hilberry -- Aurelia Dobre: world champion gymnast / Chris Woods -- Wilma Rudolph / Grace Butcher -- Joan Benoit / Rina Ferrarelli -- The Hamill camel / Anita Wintz -- First lady of sports / J. Patrick Lewis -- WNBA stars / Lillian Morrison -- The equestienne / Roger Pfingston -- Most valuable player / Sarah Van Arsdale -- Behind the mask / Robert L. Harrison -- Against the odds: I may, I might, I must / Marianne Moore -- Women / Alice Walker -- Brave new heights / Monica Kulling -- Where are you? / Marjorie Agosin -- Fannie Lou Hamer / Sam Cornish -- The many and the few / J. Patrick Lewis -- from Elizabeth Blackwell / Eve Merriam -- Harriet Tubman / Eloise Greenfield -- Clara Barton / Rosemary Benet -- Ain't I a woman? / Sojourner Truth -- Jeanne d'Arc / Susan Ludvigson -- A song of greatness / Mary Austin -- Love letter / Carole E. Gregory -- Captain Molly / William Collins. |
| Subject |
Women -- Juvenile poetry.
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Feminism -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry, American.
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| Added Author |
Morrison, Lillian.
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Boyajian, Ann, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0618068929 |
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