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Books in Women in Profile Series series

  • America's Great Document: The Constitution

    Donald Ewin Cooke

    Hardcover (Hammond World Atlas Corp, June 1, 1970)
    Discusses the need in 1787 for a new Constitution, the problems, personalities, and conflicts that helped shape it, and the struggle for its ratification.
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  • The Princess of Wales

    Josephine Ross

    Hardcover (Hamish Hamilton, Dec. 1, 1986)
    A brief look at the past, present and future of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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  • Amy Johnson

    Eva Bailey

    Hardcover (Hamish Hamilton, )
    None
  • Nelson Mandela

    Mary Benson

    Hardcover (Hamish Hamilton, Oct. 1, 1987)
    A biography of the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress who, with his wife Winnie, continues to struggle for black majority rights in South Africa.
    Y
  • Elizabeth Fry

    Angela Bull

    Hardcover (David & Charles, )
    None
  • Bob Geldof

    Chris May, Brian Denington, Diana Bowles

    Hardcover (Hamish Hamilton, April 1, 1989)
    A biography of the musician who masterminded the Live Aid concert
    Y
  • Anne Frank

    Angela Bull

    Hardcover (David & Charles, Sept. 1, 1984)
    Describes the life of the young Jewish girl whose family was forced to live in hiding from the Nazis for two years in an old office building beside the Amsterdam canal
    V
  • Atlas of the Presidents

    Donald Ewin Cooke

    Hardcover (Hammond World Atlas Corp, Jan. 1, 1982)
    Brief biographies of the United States Presidents with related historical data.
    Y
  • Beatrix Potter

    Elizabeth Buchan

    Hardcover (Hamish Hamilton, Sept. 1, 1987)
    A biography of the creator of "Peter Rabbit" and many other books whose characters became world famous.
  • Napoleon

    Geoffrey Ellis

    Hardcover (Longman Pub Group, Jan. 1, 1997)
    A biography of the military genius, who in 1804 crowned himself Emperor of the French and established a vast European empire.
  • Marie Curie

    Angela Bull

    Hardcover (Hamish Hamilton, Oct. 1, 1986)
    Relates the life and accomplishments in science and physics of Marya Sklodovska, later known as Marie Curie
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