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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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  • Nathan Hale: Revolutionary Spy

    Nathan Olson, Cynthia Martin, Brent Schoonover

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2005)
    A biography telling the life story of Revolutionary War hero and spy Nathan Hale. Written in graphic-novel format.
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  • George Washington: Leading a New Nation

    Matt Doeden, Cynthia Martin

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2005)
    A biography telling the life story of George Washington, the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States. Written in graphic-novel format.
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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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  • Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Great Pioneer

    Jason Glaser, Bob Lentz, Cynthia Martin, Anne Timmons

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2005)
    A biography telling the personal life and baseball career of the legendary player, Jackie Robinson. Written in graphic-novel format.
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  • Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor

    Trina Robbins, Cynthia Martin, Anne Timmons

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Discover the brilliant life Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, in this powerful graphic novel. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources.
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  • Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield

    Allison Lassieur, Brian Bascle

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2005)
    A biography telling the life story of Clara Barton, who served as a Civil War nurse, and started the American Red Cross. Written in graphic-novel format.
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  • Molly Pitcher: Young American Patriot

    Jason Glaser, Bill Anderson, Charles Barnett III, Tod G. Smith

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2006)
    Describes the legend of Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher. Written in graphic-novel format.
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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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  • Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers

    Eric Braun, Harry Roland, Al Milgrom, Steve Erwin, III Barnett, Charles

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2005)
    A biography telling the life of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the boycotts that he led to gain fair working conditions for farmworkers. Written in graphic-novel format.
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