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  • Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equalilty

    Suzanne Buckingham Slade, Craig Orback

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
    When Susan B. Anthony was born, not all Americans had the same freedoms. Find out how she fought to win equal rights for all women and men.
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  • Marie Curie: Prize-Winning Scientist

    Lori Mortensen, Susan Margaret Jaekel

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2008)
    When most women were not even attending college, Marie Curie earned degrees in physics and mathematics. When she began studying rocks, she soon discovered elements that gave off an invisible energy called radioactivity. Because of her amazing discoveries, in 1903 Marie Curie became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize for Physics. Today, she is remembered as one of the most important scientists of all time.
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  • Pocahontas: Peacemaker and Friend to the Colonists

    Pamela Hill Nettleton, Jeffrey Joseph Yesh

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the woman who helped to bring about peace and friendship between English settlers in Virginia and the native Powhatan people.
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  • George Washington Carver: Teacher, Scientist, and Inventor

    Lori Mortensen, Niamh O'Connor

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Born into slavery, George Washington Carver fought adversity to educate himself. Find out how this teacher not only improved the way people farmed, but introduced the world to more than 300 uses for the peanut.
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  • Lee Sobre Abraham Lincoln/ Read About Abraham Lincoln

    Stephen Feinstein

    Library Binding (Enslow Elementary, Feb. 1, 2006)
    Offers a brief biography of the sixteenth president of the United States.
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  • Booker T. Washington: Teacher, Speaker, and Leader

    Suzanne Buckingham Slade, Siri Weber Feeney

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2008)
    Booker T. Washington always loved school. Even though he was born into slavery, Booker found ways to learn. By the time he turned 25, he had helped establish a school in Alabama for African Americans. Find out how Booker T. Washington became a leader in the African-American community.
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  • George Washington: Farmer, Soldier, President

    Pamela Hill Nettleton, Jeffrey Joseph Yesh

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the man who was the first President of the United States.
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  • Sally Ride: Astronaut, Scientist, Teacher

    Pamela Hill Nettleton, Garry Nichols

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the first American woman in space.
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  • Frederick Douglass: Writer, Speaker, and Opponent of Slavery

    Suzanne Buckingham Slade, Robert Leroy McGuire

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Born a slave, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom. Find out how he then worked for the freedom of all slaves and equal rights for all Americans.
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  • Pocahontas: Peacemaker and Friend to the Colonists

    Pamela Hill Nettleton, Jeffrey Joseph Yesh

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the woman who helped to bring about peace and friendship between English settlers in Virginia and the native Powhatan people.
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  • Barbara Jordan: Getting Things

    James Mendelsohn

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, Oct. 1, 2000)
    Provides a look at the life, accomplishments, and views of this distinguished Congresswomen, along with an overview of the history of blacks in Texas, enhanced with illustrations, index, Internet information, and more.
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  • Lee sobre Cesar Chavez/Read About Cesar Chavez

    Stephen Feinstein

    Library Binding (Enslow Elementary, Feb. 15, 2006)
    Offers a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better working conditions and wages.
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