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Author Plowden, Martha Ward.

Title Famous firsts of Black women / Martha Ward Plowden ; illustrated by Ronald Jones.

Publication Info. Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., 1993.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J305.48 P72F    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J Biography 920 PLO    Check Shelf
Description 155 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Preface -- Marian Anderson - opera singer -- Mary McLeod Bethune - educator -- Gwendolyn Brooks - poet -- Diahann Carroll - actress -- Shirley Chisholm - U.S. Representative -- Althea Gibson - Tennis champion -- Patricia Roberts Harris - ambassador -- Barbara Jordan - U.S. representative -- Elizabeth Duncan Koontz - educator -- Edmonia Lewis - sculptor -- Hattie McDaniel - actress -- Constance Baker Motley - federal judge -- Rosa Parks - civil rights activist -- Leontyne Price - opera singer -- Sojourner Truth - abolitionist -- Harriet Ross Tubman - freedom fighter -- Maggie Lena Walker - bank president -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett - journalist -- Phillis Wheatley - poet -- Further suggested reading.
Summary Focuses on notable African-American women who have helped shape American destiny, including contributors in the fields of politics, sports, and the arts.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155).
Subject African American women -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- History.
African Americans -- Biography.
Women -- History.
Women -- Biography.
Added Author Jones, Ronald (Ronald Leonard), 1952- illustrator.
ISBN 0882899732
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