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  • Mary Baker Eddy

    Louise A Smith

    Paperback (Chelsea House, March 15, 1991)
    None

  • Michelle Obama: First Lady

    Paul McCaffrey

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Jan. 15, 2011)
    In this all-new biography, readers will learn how Michelle Obama overcame obstacles to achieve success and how her story is influencing other young women today.

  • Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady

    Janet Hubbard-Brown

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, April 1, 2009)
    Eleanor Roosevelt overcame many hardships throughout her life. Considered homely, Roosevelt grew up at the end of the Victorian era in an aristocratic family, where, as far as women were concerned, looks mattered more than intelligence. She lost both of her parents before she was 10 years old. This title explains the America's most notable women.

  • Clare Boothe Luce: Author and Diplomat

    Joseph Lyons

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 1988)
    Follows the life of a figure famous for both her plays and her activities in American politics and government, one of the first women to represent the United States in a major diplomatic post.

  • Gloria Steinem

    Carolyn Daffron

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Aug. 1, 1987)
    A biography of the feminist writer and activist who founded "Ms." magazine, helped found the National Women's Political Caucus, and helped establish the Women's Action Alliance.
    Y

  • Margaret Bourke-White

    Carolyn Daffron

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1992)
    A biography of the woman who became a staff photographer for Life magazine and served overseas as a correspondent during World War II and the Korean War
    W

  • Jane Addams: Humanitarian

    Louise C Slavicek

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Aug. 1, 2011)
    The daughter of a prosperous Illinois businessman, Jane Addams longed to do something meaningful with her life, yet found herself shut out of most professions because of her gender. In 1889, she decided to use her inheritance from her late father to help found the pioneering settlement house, Hull House, where she and a dedicated staff of volunteers, most of them college-educated women like herself, lived and worked among some of Chicago's most destitute residents. Through works likes this, Addams became one of the most celebrated women in U.S. history. A tireless social and political reformer, feminist, and antiwar activist, Addams was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Learn more about her inspiring life in Jane Addams.

  • Abigail Adams

    Angela Osborne

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Aug. 1, 1988)
    Chronicles the life and achievements of the wife of the second president of the United States
    V

  • Grandma Moses

    Tom Biracree

    Paperback (Chelsea House Publishers, Aug. 16, 1989)
    None

  • Katharine Hepburn

    Caroline Latham

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Oct. 1, 1988)
    An illustrated biography of the well-known actress of stage and screen

  • Louisa May Alcott

    Kathleen Burke

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 1988)
    A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose own life was reflected in her famous novels including "Little Women" and "Little Men"
    T

  • Amelia Earhart: Aviator

    Jeremy K Brown

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, July 1, 2011)
    In a time when women were treated as inferior to men, Amelia Earhart dared to fly higher. From her humble beginnings in a small Kansas town to her groundbreaking solo flight across the Atlantic, Earhart defied expectations and rose to become the most famous female pilot of all time. Despite the restrictions placed on women of her era, she broke through barriers and refused to allow society to label her. As a result, she made history through her daring flights all over the world. In 1937, she disappeared without a trace while on a solo flight around the world, but the legacy she left behind continues to inspire. Read about this remarkable aviation pioneer in Amelia Earhart.